deadwood

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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

English oaks are losing leaves on the canopy and producing deadwood, he says, and Norway Maple and magnolias are showing signs of stress.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

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

It was nearly dusk and a March stillness had seized everything—the trees, the rotting deadwood, the leafless vine maple, the stones littering the ground.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson