In general ''nemoral'' means "pertaining to
groves or
woodland
A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with trees, 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 sunlight and limited shade (se ...
". 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 biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to the physical environment in which they are found and a shared regional climate. Biomes may span more than one continent. Biome is a broader ...
(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 (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout ...
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, ...
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 OxfordUniversity 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 (S1) , journal=Applied Vegetation Science , pages=3–264 , doi=10.1111/avsc.12257 , url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/avsc.12257 , accessdate=2020-05-23 , doi-access=free ]
Biomes