shrubs

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Dogs should also remain leashed and under control around trees and shrubs where birds may be nesting, and residents also should not fly drones near wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

They offer a glimpse of what has been lost, with resilient shrubs painting the rolling hills dark green.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

COLCHESTER, Vt.—The financial troubles at St. Michael’s College hit home for biology professor Declan McCabe when he noticed Buckthorn shrubs encroaching on walking trails near the house of the campus president.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They build burrows at the base of shrubs or in spaces between rocks.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty desiccated cocoons still clinging to their branches and a carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall