unforested

adjective

un·for·est·ed ˌən-ˈfȯr-ə-stəd

-ˈfär-

: not covered with forest : not forested

unforested land

an unforested clearing

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Small prey might avoid roadways no matter how many people are around, since any unforested, open area puts smaller species at risk of being spotted by predatory birds, Clevenger says. —

Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020 In a study published Wednesday in Nature, researchers also found warming is bringing coniferous boreal forests north into previously unforested areas of the Arctic tundra that haven’t had pine trees since the ice age. —

Brian Bushard, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 In the late 18th century, a ship wrecked off the coast of Hawadax Island, a small, unforested, bracingly cinematic landscape in the Aleutian Island chain, which stretches from the coast of Alaska towards Russia. —

Ellie Shechet, Popular Science, 10 Mar. 2021 Ecologist Jean-François Bastin, a postdoc in the lab, led an effort to determine how much unforested land on Earth could support trees. —

Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 24 Oct. 2019