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fiber cultivation
Areas for growing and harvesting fibrous plants used for clothing and non-edible materials.
Fiber cultivation is the controlled growth of plants other than trees whose fibers are made into useful non-edible materials. These include plants such as cotton, hemp, and bamboo.
The plants are cultivated for useful fibers rather than for edible crops. Cotton, hemp, and bamboo illustrate the included non-tree plants.
Trees grown for wood belong to silviculture rather than this fiber-crop use. A processing plant making cloth or other fiber products is also distinct from the land where the crop is grown.
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animal cultivation
Agricultural spaces raising animals for meat, eggs, dairy, wool, or other products, generally excluding horse land. -
drug cultivation
Areas for growing and harvesting plants used for medicinal purposes or as psychoactive drugs. -
flower cultivation
Areas for growing and harvesting flowers for ornamental and expressive purposes. -
fruit cultivation
Areas growing edible fruit crops, including seedless varieties, in gardens, fields, or orchards. -
grain cultivation
Areas growing grasses and similar grain crops for edible seeds, including the listed pseudocereal crops. -
mushroom cultivation
Places for controlled growth or regular harvesting of edible fungi, including mushrooms and similar forms. -
nut cultivation
Areas growing edible seed kernels classed as nuts in cooking, including tree nuts and peanuts. -
plant nursery
A place growing plants for later removal or transplanting, whether in open ground or a controlled growing space. -
silviculture
Forests managed for wood harvesting, including Christmas trees and ornamental tree plantings but excluding fruit and sap crops. -
spice cultivation
Areas for growing and harvesting plants with high flavor used as edible seasonings. -
vegetable cultivation
Areas growing edible plants classed as vegetables on a culinary basis, including legumes such as beans.