old-growth forest

forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance
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Summary

old-growth forest is a forest type[1]. It draws 11,213 Wikipedia views per month (forest_type category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • old-growth forest's instance of is recorded as forest type[3].
  • old-growth forest's instance of is recorded as concept[4].
  • old-growth forest is a type of forest[5].
  • old-growth forest's Commons category is recorded as Primeval forests[6].
  • old-growth forest's said to be the same as is recorded as ancient woodland[7].
  • old-growth forest is the opposite of commercial forest[8].
  • old-growth forest comprises old-growth tree[9].
  • old-growth forest's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old-growth forests[10].
  • old-growth forest's facet of is recorded as forest ecology[11].
  • old-growth forest's described by source is recorded as Green Map Icons[12].
  • old-growth forest's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • old-growth forest's has effect is recorded as ecosystem service[14].
  • old-growth forest's has characteristic is recorded as biodiversity[15].
  • old-growth forest's has list is recorded as list of old growth forests[16].
  • old-growth forest's contains is recorded as rare species[17].
  • old-growth forest's contains is recorded as threatened species[18].
  • old-growth forest's contains is recorded as endangered species[19].
  • old-growth forest's contains is recorded as cyanolichen[20].
  • old-growth forest's does not have characteristic is recorded as ecological disturbance[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include forest type[3] and concept[4]. old-growth forest is a type of forest[5]. It is the opposite of commercial forest[8].

Use and Application

old-growth forest comprises old-growth tree[9].

Why It Matters

old-growth forest draws 11,213 Wikipedia views per month (forest_type category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'bat_smg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', '
    Gnd id → 4353536-7
    Contains → rare species, threatened species, endangered species +1
    Has characteristic → biodiversity
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 5w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/primary-forest, science/old-growth-forest
    Does not have characteristic → ecological disturbance
    Has effect → ecosystem service
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Does not have characteristic: ecological disturbance, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  3. 5w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Canadian encyclopedia article id → old-growth-forests-in-canada
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Canadian encyclopedia article id: old-growth-forests-in-canada"
  4. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → old-growth-forests
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: old-growth-forests, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956495|old growth forests (#289956495)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006968-pralesy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0006968-pralesy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Facet of → forest ecology
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Old-growth forests
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||3 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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