leaf litter

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These include patches of wildflowers, native plants, leaf litter and log piles, and holes in fences so hedgehogs can roam over large areas.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Arthropods ranging from earwigs to some beetles to crickets or spiders living in the soil face particular challenges due to nasty fungal infections and a high risk of predators lurking in leaf litter.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Here, slender salamanders slink through the leaf litter under robust stands of Santa Cruz Island buckwheat and California fuchsia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

Noise is equally harmful to animals, particularly birds; after all, an owl who can’t discern the crunch of a rodent’s feet in the leaf litter won’t survive long.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

Then they turned and ran, and their terrified noises trailed off through the leaf litter.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown