Secondary forest

When a forest grows again on a piece of land that used to be a forest, this forest is called a secondary forest. This is different from an old-growth forest. It is also different from a forest that is made by people planting trees. A secondary forest is the result of what is called natural succession.

The forest in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is generally considered to have second and third growth characteristics. This photo shows regeneration, a tree growing out of the stump of another tree that was felled in 1962 by the remnants of Typhoon Freda.