saplings

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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

The planting took place within fenced plots, which are designed to protect young saplings.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

“Most of the fire area is like this, where it would have killed a few of the seedlings and saplings but basically almost nothing else,” Hanson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

He’d have to cut down some saplings; if he still had the strength.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver