has part
adjacent to
atmospheric boundary layer
temperate deciduous broadleaf forest
temperate deciduous needleleaf forest
tropical deciduous broadleaf forest
tropical semi-deciduous broadleaf forest
area of deciduous forest
deciduous forest
NLCD:41
nlcd2011
According to the NLCD 2011, areas of deciduous forest are dominated by trees generally greater than 5 meters tall, and making up more than 20% of total vegetation cover. The NLCD 2011 continues to state that more than 75% of these trees should shed foliage simultaneously in response to seasonal change. Such thresholds - which are themselves fuzzy - are not asserted in this definition.
An area of a planet's surface which is primarily covered by a forest in which the majority of trees shed foliage simultaneously in response to seasonal change. The surfaces of this area (including the surface of the forest canopy) are in contact with an atmospheric column extending from the planetary boundary layer to the planet's exosphere with little to no physical obstruction.
terrestrial environmental zone