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
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
West: A century of firefighting, elimination of Indigenous burning, logging of large fire-resistant trees, and other management practices that allowed small trees, undergrowth and deadwood to choke forests.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Through photosynthesis, carbon transforms into biomass, which eventually dies and becomes leaf litter or deadwood.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
He sets to work pruning the deadwood like a sculptor.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
