In general ''nemoral'' means "pertaining to
groves or
woodland
A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), 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 sunli ...
". Its origin is related to the Latin word "''nemus''" (stem: "''nemor-''"), meaning a grove of trees.
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It is especially used to label a type of ]biome
A biome () is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life. It consists of a biological community that has formed in response to its physical environment and regional climate. In 1935, Tansley added the ...
(vegetation zone), which is in the temperate zone of Eurasia and has broad-leaved forests.[ According to the Walter classification system, it has a moderate ]temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ra ...
with short frost periods and is characterized by frost-resistant deciduous forest
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flo ...
s.[
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References
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[{{cite web , url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/nemoral , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618215008/https://www.lexico.com/definition/nemoral , url-status=dead , archive-date=June 18, 2022 , title=nemoral , work=Lexico.com , publisher=Dictionary.com and Oxford University Press , accessdate=2020-05-23 ]
[Walter, H. & Breckle, S-W. (2002). ''Walter's Vegetation of the Earth: The Ecological Systems of the Geo-Biosphere''. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 86]
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127041949/https://books.google.com/books?id=SdaCSwxK5bIC , date=2016-11-27 .
[See "nemoral" in AppendixS2 of {{cite journal , first1=Ladislav , last1=Mucina , first2=Helga , last2=Bültmann , year=2016 , title=Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities , volume=19 , journal=Applied Vegetation Science , issue=S1 , pages=3–264 , doi=10.1111/avsc.12257 , doi-access=free , bibcode=2016AppVS..19S...3M , hdl=10198/15318 , hdl-access=free ]
Biomes