unforested

• a word derived from forest.
  forest

  noun

  a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.

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unforested

Although some tree plantations involve reforestation of degraded land, in many cases they involve afforestation -- planting forests in undegraded and previously unforested regions such as grasslands.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023

Coal burns slower than firewood, which was expensive and hard to obtain on this unforested stretch of the nation.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021

Calhoun searched among low mountains near unforested prairie in a temperate zone.

From Pariah Planet by Murray Leinster

However, the mountains by their mass and elevation conserve immeasurably more snow than they waste, and forested areas conserve far more snow than unforested.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by George Wharton James

Here, as a young boy, he had organized scouting parties when it was still a remote, almost an unforested sand pile.

From Broken to the Plow by Charles Caldwell Dobie

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