Pictures of Old Growth Forests

Some terms used when speaking about old forests are: old growth forest, primary forest, ancient forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, frontier forest or Ancient Woodland. The reason these old forests are important is because they contain unique biological features with large live trees, large dead trees, a large variety of vegetation, insects and animals species. They are often home to rare species, threatened species and endangered species of plants and animals, making them ecologically significant.