dead wood (habitat)

(habitat)

There are numerous habitats (including microhabitats) in standing and fallen dead wood, including decay columns, cavities and rot holes, wood in litter, in the ground layer or otherwise in contact with the soil, stumps and roots.



This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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