Definition of Silvics

1. n. The science treating of the life of trees in the forest.

Definition of Silvics

1. the study of forest trees [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silvics

silvery-cheeked antshrike
silvery gibbon
silvery gibbons
silvery marmoset
silvery marmosets
silvery pomfret
silvery pomfrets
silvery sedge
silvery spleenwort
silvery wormwood
silvex
silvexes
silvialite
silvical
silvicolous
silvics (current term)
silvicultural
silviculturally
silviculture
silvicultures
silviculturist
silviculturists
silvol
silvopastoral
silvopasture
silyated
silyation
silybin
silybins
silyl

Literary usage of Silvics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Forestry by Frederick Franklin Moon, Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1914)
"silvics. The Forest as a Community. A forest is a community of individuals which itself has a life. It is more than a mere group of trees since it includes ..."

2. Forestry in New England: A Handbook of Eastern Forest Management by Ralph Chipman Hawley, Austin Foster Hawes (1912)
"CHAPTER I. silvics. IN any study of forests over a wide range of country, as a whole continent, it must be apparent that climate determines tne character of ..."

3. Forestry: An Elementary Treatise by Herman Haupt Chapman (1912)
"V. silvics. The Forest versus the Single Tree.—A forest must be studied from two standpoints—first, the individual trees and their characteristics, ..."

4. Forestry: An Elementary Treatise by Herman Haupt Chapman (1912)
"V. silvics. The Forest versus the Single Tree.—A forest must be studied from two standpoints—first, the individual trees and their characteristics, ..."

5. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1914)
"The former of these two parts is dendrology, while the latter is silvics. Sometimes the term silviculture, which originally was reserved for the art of ..."

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