Sentence examples for decaying leaf from inspiring English sources
The species is saprobic deriving nutrients by decomposing and digesting organic matter and grows in clusters or in groups on decaying leaf litter or well-decayed wood.
The largest defend the colony, the mid-size ants do the leaf-cutting and carrying, and the smallest tend to the fungus that grows among the decaying leaf pieces inside the colony.
Fruit bodies of Lepiota babruzalka grow singly or scattered on the ground among decaying leaf litter around the base of bamboo stands.
Whereas most of the studies addressing the question of Bti occurrence in the environment deal with soil or water samples, we focused on decaying leaf litter, the natural habitat of mosquito larvae.
In this study, we aimed to determine the nature and origin of the high toxicity toward mosquito larvae found in decaying leaf litter collected in several natural mosquito breeding sites in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Members of two families, Velloziaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae, produce roots from predetermined sites on the stems, which grow downwards within the mantle of decaying leaf bases that encircle the stem (Fig. 12), and thence into the soil.
Be aware that decaying leafs and organic material may reside inside of the barrel.
An untidy plot is a breeding ground for pest and disease, and Jim keeps pristine rows, without a scrap of decaying lettuce leaf or impertinent weed.
In the past, C. elegans was usually considered to inhabit soils [ 6- 8], although even then it was already known from other substrates such as decaying mushrooms, leaf litter, garden compost [ 4, 9], or invertebrates [ 10- 14], usually in anthropogenic environments [ 15].
Additional high speed video recordings (Supplementary Movie 1) were performed on the peripatid Principapillatus hitoyensis 37. Specimens of E. rowelli and P. hitoyensis were obtained from decaying logs and leaf litter at the corresponding localities and maintained in the laboratory as described previously10.
The eggs are usually laid in a hollow tree, among decaying vegetation, or leaf litter.
