An urban forest is a forest, or a collection of trees, that grow within a city, town or a suburb. In a wider sense, it may include any kind of woody plant vegetation growing in and around human settlements. As opposed to a forest park, whose ecosystems are also inherited from wilderness leftovers, urban forests often lack amenities like public bathrooms, paved paths, or sometimes clear borders which are distinct features of parks. Care and management of urban forests is called urban forestry. Urban forests can be privately and publicly owned. Some municipal forests may be located outside of the town or city to which they belong.
This allée of trees, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is an example so-called "kissing canopies", when the canopies of street trees reach all the way over a road and thus provide dappled shade along the entire route
Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cherry Blossoms lining the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
Virginia opossum being sheltered by an old tree
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas.
Image: Cidade Maravilhosa
Image: Pão de Açucar Rio de Janeiro Brazil panoramio Hiroki Ogawa (cropped)
Image: At Rio de Janeiro 2019 200 (cropped)
Image: Rio de Janeiro 0002 14 (1) (cropped)
