Litterfall

Origin

litter + fall

Full definition of litterfall

Noun

1. (ecology, usually uncountable) Plant material that falls to the ground, such as leaves from trees.
• Litterfall is provided for as long as the mature forest exists.
2. (ecology, countable) The total mass of plant material falling to the ground per unit area, or the mass collected at a specific site.
• The remaining forest types had similar mean litterfalls ranging from 3333 to 6484 kg ha^-1 year^-1