sapling

He said estimating the value of the sapling was difficult, because of its intangible sentimental value, likening it to a piece of "stolen art".

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Tyler and Cora steady a western redbud sapling as Atticus holds up a bag of soil and Eliza shovels out the fragrant earth.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

With increasing urgency, the couple scouted area ponds for suitable release sites, the trick being to find one currently unoccupied by other beavers, with abundant sapling growth as a food supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

That syrupy-sweet and shockingly crisp fruit came from an unremarkable sapling that Bedford, then a graduate student, had rescued from the discard pile of a University of Minnesota breeding program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

She bent a sapling over, as if to pluck a choice fruit from the top.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Over-population of deer means they graze on young plants and tree saplings before they ever have a chance to reach maturity.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Regrown forests, especially with monoculture commercial saplings planted rank and file, may never achieve the splendid complexity of virgin forests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The work follows the planting of 450 saplings at the site in March 2025.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

Alfhercht pulled branches sideways out of these saplings, then paced between, pulling up six more saplings.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack