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The German Forest (German: Deutscher Wald) was a phrase used both as a metaphor as well as to describe in exaggerated terms an idyllic landscape in German poems, fairy tales and legends of the early 19th-century Romantic period.
The ash tree also features strongly in Irish mythology. The mountain ash, rowan, or quicken tree is particularly prominent in Scottish folklore. [3]There are several recorded instances in Irish history in which people refused to cut an ash, even when wood was scarce, for fear of having their own cabins consumed with flame.
This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
The woods include over 800 kinds of trees and varied animal and plant life. [39] Tadasu no Mori (糺の森) is a general term for a wooded area associated with the Kamo Shrine, which is a Shinto sanctuary near the banks of the Kamo River in northeast Kyoto. [40]
An open woodland in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. A woodland (/ ˈ w ʊ d l ə n d / ⓘ) is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), [1] [2] or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see differences between British, American and ...
A band of anti-Israel agitators stormed a History of Modern Israel class on the first day of Columbia University's spring semester, handing out posters showing a crushed Star of David.
The expression has been in use in Australia from the earliest years of British settlement, [1] and it has inspired many derivative Australian English terms, such as bush tucker, bush ballad and bushranger. The term is also widely used in Canada and the American state of Alaska to refer to the large, forested portions of their landscapes.
Food & Wine / Getty Images In late September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation banning the use of “sell-by” dates in the state, instead requiring standardized language for date ...