deadwood
Dead trunks, branches or roots, which provide habitats and return nutrients to the environment as they decay.
Standing deadwood snag of a representative mature conifer
All languages
- English
- deadwood
- Norwegian
- død ved
- Japanese
- 枯れ木 — かれき — kareki
- Korean
- 죽은 나무 — jugeun namu
- Spanish
- madera muerta
- French
- bois mort
- German
- Totholz
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- US Forest Service glossary — dead wood includes standing and down wood; a snag is a standing fully dead tree
- University of Minnesota Extension — snags are dead standing trees and deadwood also includes downed dead trees
- US Forest Service Research — standing dead trees are important forest habitat structures