Encyclopedia Related to ancientness:Ancientry an·cient1 (ān′shənt) adj. 1.Of, relating to, or belonging to times long past, especially before the fall of the Western Roman Empire (ad476):ancient cultures.See Synonyms atold. 2.Of great age; very old:"The males live up to six mon...
Governmental Standing Advice in England recommends a minimum 15 m buffer zone from Ancient Semi-natural Woodland (ASNW), or potentially longer distances for Ancient Trees (AT) and Veteran Trees (VT). This "one-size-fits-all" approach does not accountfor differences in the biology of individual...
The bird of Mars also guarded a woodland herb (paeonia) used for treatment of the digestive or female reproductive systems; those who sought to harvest it were advised to do so by night, lest the woodpecker jab out their eyes. The picus Martius seems to have been a particular species,...