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 seedlings and saplings are mostly knee-high to chest-high and mixed with thickets of ceanothus and other post-fire brush growing amid the true giants that stand dead among them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The work follows the planting of 450 saplings at the site in March 2025.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

There were other photos too, mainly of young Soviet soldiers shaking hands with peasants, planting apple saplings, building homes, always smiling genially.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini