Skip to main content
An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Full

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. community ecology
  3. biocenosis
  4. plant communities
  5. stand characteristics
  6. stand basal area
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. community ecology
  3. biocenosis
  4. plant communities
  5. stand characteristics
  6. stand basal area
  1. Fields of Study
  2. ecology
  3. plant ecology
  4. plant communities
  5. stand characteristics
  6. stand basal area
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. ecology
  3. plant ecology
  4. plant communities
  5. stand characteristics
  6. stand basal area

Preferred term

stand basal area

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Cross-sectional area of trees measured at breast height (4.5 feet from ground level), or of grasses and shrubs measured 1 inch from ground level used to determine phytomass. Basal area is usually expressed as square units per unit area.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/11982

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/19/06, last modified 7/25/19