saplings

Example Sentences

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Over-population of deer means they graze on young plants and tree saplings before they ever have a chance to reach maturity.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Regrown forests, especially with monoculture commercial saplings planted rank and file, may never achieve the splendid complexity of virgin forests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

We quickly walked into a bed of knee-high sequoias saplings so thick I couldn’t estimate their number.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The work follows the planting of 450 saplings at the site in March 2025.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

She looked into the woods, over toward the saplings where the other rat lay.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien