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
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Calif., United States - October 21: These giant sequoia saplings sprung to life in a moderate burn area of the Redwood Mountain Grove as seen on Tuesday, Oct.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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
Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Finally, as the light faded, they fastened the mats of bark onto the willow frame, a half skeleton of pliable saplings.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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