urban forest

noun

1. the trees and plants within a city.

2. a densely wooded area within a city.

Other Word Forms

• urban forestry noun

Example Sentences

How do we replace our geriatric urban forest with more and better trees?

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Ficus trees scrub away air pollution and cast vast shade, something vital when an urban forest can lower temperatures by 10 or 20 degrees.

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Activists tried to plant trees to protest turning an urban forest into a “Cop City” police training site in Atlanta.

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StreetsLA, the city bureau responsible for maintaining streets and the urban forest, said its teams confirmed a total of six trees vandalized downtown this past weekend: three ficus, two sycamore and one Chinese elm, according to a statement from bureau director Dan Halden.

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Crape myrtles are so popular they’ve become the prominent trees in some cities, which means those cities could lose much of their urban forest if the trees were attacked by a disease or insect.

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