saplings

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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

Baimedov, who has become an amateur botanist, tends to about 15,000 saplings, which are aimed at forming a green wall against the sand.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

When he pulled branches from these saplings, they converged with the branches of the saplings next to them, forming walls.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack