sapling

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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

Each sapling represents a foot in height of the tree, which stood in a dip in Hadrian's Wall and was cut down in September 2023.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

Another sapling will go to The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease at Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, when it opens in memory of the former Leeds Rhino player, who died from the disease in June.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

Currently, we put trees last, and if it gets in the way of cabling or pipes, we remove the tree or replace it with a sapling.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

When he found the perfect sapling, he hacked it off with the knife blade and sharpened the end.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen