Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 346
Land area (2000): 2.062811 sq. miles (5.342657 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.123760 sq. miles (0.320537 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.186571 sq. miles (5.663194 sq. km)
FIPS code: 54617
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 40.962370 N, 73.130318 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Old Field
Wikipedia
Old field is a term used in ecology to describe lands formerly cultivated or grazed but later abandoned. The dominant flora include grasses, heaths and herbaceous plants, with encroaching woody vegetation. It represents an intermediate stage found in ecological succession in an ecosystem advancing towards its climax community. The concept of climax communities has been challenged in recent years.
Old field sites are often marginal lands with soil quality unsuitable for crops or pasture. Examples include abandoned farmlands in central Ontario, along the edge of the Canadian Shield.
Usage examples of "old field".
They'd taken Sergeant Major Calvin into a conspiracy, getting him to talk Falkenberg into going on an inspection tour while they scrapped his functional old field gear and replaced it with equipment as light and useful, but hand carved with battle scenes.