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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a live branch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a branch that is still alive, often in the context of plants or trees, or metaphorically in discussions about connections or relationships.
Example: "The gardener carefully pruned the tree, ensuring that only the dead wood was removed, leaving a live branch to continue growing."
Alternatives: "an active branch" or "a thriving branch".
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Find a tree with a live branch.
"The branch that fell was a live branch, not a dead branch".
A dead branch will snap and injure your partner; a live branch will not.
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This is not entirely correct, and not only because birds are a living branch of dinosaurian lineage.
Sonata told me that the language was a living branch of the Indo-European language family, with roots in classic Greek and Sanskrit of India.
Leave a large piece of flat rock on the fire to heat up, and then use it as a frying pan Add a living branch of wet leaves to the fire once it is fully self-sustaining to produce a large cloud of smoke, but only attempt this after the fire has been started and is strong, so it is not extinguished.
Always source your stick from fallen or deadwood tree stock, not directly from a living branch, in part because damaging the trees hurts the environment you and others hike through, and because walking sticks need to be stiff, dried out and firm.
Using a "green", or live branch, will keep the fire from lighting your roasting stick before you are done, but be sure it is not a toxic plant.
Although Rijal et al. (2012a) modeled height to crown base and our Adirondacks data contained measurements of bole height (defined as the first live branch or a 10.2 cm (4 in) top), its applicability was still tested.
Given the use of bole height (defined as the first live branch or a 10.2 cm (4 in) top), prediction using height to crown base or crown ratio equations of FVS NE were expected to be biased, which was confirmed by the data.
This theory suggests that tree biomass is proportional to the area of a stem cross section (S) at a height just below the joint of the lowest live branch: B = z S (2).
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