virgin forest
noun1
A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.
- These developments, most of which have taken place during the past 30 years, are remarkable in view of the low traffic density, except in the neighbourhood of Oslo, and the very extensive undeveloped areas of mountain and virgin forest.1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:
- Related terms
- old-growth forest, second-growth forest, primeval forest