deadwood

Example Sentences

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Over time, carbon becomes locked in place as sediments build up and deadwood accumulates in beaver-created wetlands.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Their grazing also reduced fire hazards, as did local families collecting deadwood to burn in the winter.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Through photosynthesis, carbon transforms into biomass, which eventually dies and becomes leaf litter or deadwood.

From National Geographic • Oct. 12, 2023

They will fell trees by rubbing against them, creating space and light and providing deadwood to help other plants and animals.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2022

He sets to work pruning the deadwood like a sculptor.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson