The woods, if left to grow untouched, might eventually reach the stage of a climax forest.

They eventually replace these conifers, which are relatively shade-intolerant, in climax forest.

Conifers dominate the climax forests of the coast Douglas-fir.

Conifers dominate the climax forests of the coast Douglas fir.

Three hundred years could re-establish a climax forest.

Crothers Woods is known as a beech-maple-oak climax forest.

They flew now over foothills thickly clad with climax forest.

Scans showed that the Green Sea had become a climax forest of deciduous hardwood.

The seventh and final stage is climax forest, where many large trees form a canopy.

Below the tree line there are several zones of climax forest.