Australia’s forests and forestry glossary

1. A native forest growth stage in which trees generally have well-developed stems with crowns of small branches, and are actively growing in height and diameter but are below mature stand height. Apical dominance is apparent in vigorous trees.

2. A native forest growth stage generally taken as 20–80 years since disturbance. One of four growth stages used at the national level to describe the age of trees and stands of trees.

See Apical dominance, Disturbance, Growth stage, Mature, Regeneration, Senescent.