sapling

Example Sentences

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There are 49 saplings in total, one for each foot of the old tree's height.

From BBC

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

He also travelled to the small island of Paqueta, where he met locals, learnt about mangrove conservation and planted tree saplings.

From BBC

One nursery owner last year threatened to burn millions of young saplings after nature restoration budgets for tree planting were plundered to fund local authority pay rises.

From BBC

The roughly 400-year-old specimen of spreading and enveloping branches was just a sapling at chattel slavery’s 1619 arrival in North America.

From Los Angeles Times