Nemoral

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In general nemoral means "pertaining to groves or woodland". Its origin is related to the Latin word "nemus" (stem: "nemor-"), meaning a grove of trees.[1]

It is especially used to label a type of biome (vegetation zone), which is in the temperate zone of Eurasia and has broad-leaved forests.[2] According to the Walter classification system, it has a moderate temperate climate with short frost periods and is characterized by frost-resistant deciduous forests.[3]

References

  1. ^ "nemoral". Lexico.com. Dictionary.com and OxfordUniversity Press. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  2. ^ See "nemoral" in AppendixS2 of Mucina, Ladislav; Bültmann, Helga (2016). "Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities". Applied Vegetation Science. 19 (S1): 3–264. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  3. ^ Walter, H. & Breckle, S-W. (2002). Walter's Vegetation of the Earth: The Ecological Systems of the Geo-Biosphere. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 86, [1] Archived 2016-11-27 at the Wayback Machine.