deadwood

Example Sentences

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He says: "We repeatedly found seedlings and adults with juvenile root structures near decaying logs, not scattered randomly in the forest. That recurring pattern inspired us to test whether deadwood fungi fuel orchid beginnings."

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

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

Through photosynthesis, carbon transforms into biomass, which eventually dies and becomes leaf litter or deadwood.

From National Geographic • Oct. 12, 2023

He sets to work pruning the deadwood like a sculptor.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson