deadwood
Example Sentences
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Goals include increasing the amount of deadwood and the density of tree cover in forests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Across the full year, however, the buildup of sediments, plant matter, and deadwood resulted in significant net carbon storage.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026
He will reshape the culture, clear out the deadwood and refine the focus on competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
West: A century of firefighting, elimination of Indigenous burning, logging of large fire-resistant trees, and other management practices that allowed small trees, undergrowth and deadwood to choke forests.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
It was nearly dusk and a March stillness had seized everything—the trees, the rotting deadwood, the leafless vine maple, the stones littering the ground.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
