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hardwood hammock

French translation: îlot couvert d\'arbres

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English term or phrase:hardwood hammock
French translation:îlot couvert d\'arbres
Entered by: patfie

13:53 Jun 12, 2018
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Botany / Ecology
English term or phrase: hardwood hammock
A hardwood hammock is a dense stand of broad-leafed trees that grow on a natural rise of only a few inches in elevation. Hammocks can be found nestled in most all other Everglades ecosystems. In the deeper sloughs and marshes, the seasonal flow of water helps give these hammocks a distinct aerial teardrop shape.
Because of their slight elevation, hammocks rarely flood. Acids from decaying plants dissolve the limestone around each tree island, creating a natural moat that protects the hammock plants from fire. Shaded from the sun by the tall trees, ferns and airplants thrive in the moisture-laden air of these hammocks.
patfie
Local time: 09:33
îlot couvert d'arbres
Explanation:
https://books.google.fr/books?id=i17CCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT45&lpg=PT...

http://journalmetro.com/plus/vacances/669809/les-parcs-natio...

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les Everglades forment un sanctuaire naturel ponctué de mangroves et de hardwood hammocks (îlots couverts d’arbres) qui donne refuge à de nombreuses espèces animales et végétales, dont certaines sont menacées de disparition, comme la panthère de Floride et le lamantin
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4feuillu tropical
Lorraine Dubuc
4îlot couvert d'arbres
GILLES MEUNIER
4hammock de (d'arbres) feuillus
Alex Grimaldi


  

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feuillu tropical


Explanation:
Feuillus tropicaux au pluriel

''Critère (ix) : Le parc des Everglades comprend de vastes zones humides subtropicales et des écosystèmes côtiers/marins constitués de marais d’eau douce, de feuillus tropicaux''
''Criterion (ix): The Everglades contains vast subtropical wetlands and coastal/marine ecosystems including freshwater marshes, tropical hardwood hammocks,''

Example sentence(s):
  • des éco'systèmes côtiers/marins constitués de marais d’eau douce, de feuillus tropicaux

    Reference: http://whc.unesco.org/fr/list/76
    Reference: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/76/
Lorraine Dubuc
Canada
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îlot couvert d'arbres


Explanation:
https://books.google.fr/books?id=i17CCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT45&lpg=PT...

http://journalmetro.com/plus/vacances/669809/les-parcs-natio...

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Note added at 31 minutes (2018-06-12 14:24:40 GMT)
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les Everglades forment un sanctuaire naturel ponctué de mangroves et de hardwood hammocks (îlots couverts d’arbres) qui donne refuge à de nombreuses espèces animales et végétales, dont certaines sont menacées de disparition, comme la panthère de Floride et le lamantin

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hammock de (d'arbres) feuillus


Explanation:
Les hammocks sont des boisements naturels denses formés d'arbres feuillus qui se sont développés dans un environnement marécageux en se surélevant par rapport au niveau habituel d'inondation sur leur propre accumulation de litière forestière. Ils caractérisent certaines zones de marais de la côte est des États-Unis. Ils sont souvent dominés par diverses espèces de chênes.


    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammock
Alex Grimaldi
France
Local time: 15:33
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