seedling

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“Most of the fire area is like this, where it would have killed a few of the seedlings and saplings but basically almost nothing else,” Hanson said.

From Los Angeles Times

The project also includes planting heat-tolerant seedlings like Prosopis and Conocarpus to further stabilise the soil.

From Barron's

Once the grains germinated in a laboratory, the seedlings were planted in water in June, and harvesting began in early October.

From Barron's

Now it’s graduation day, when native plants coaxed from seedling trays to 1-gallon pots stand ready for planting on the crossing itself this month.

From Los Angeles Times

Over this time trees adapted to the changing climate by migration - essentially seedlings growing further south as it got colder and further north during warming periods.

From BBC