Sentence examples for natural seedlings from inspiring English sources

In established forests the selective cutting of marketable timber, taking either one tree at a time (single-tree selection) or a number of trees in a cluster (group selection) and leaving gaps in which replacements can grow up from natural seedlings, can prove economical and also ensure the best possible use of available soil, light, and growing space.

Fig, plant of the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family (Moraceae), especially Ficus carica, the common fig. Ficus carica, which yields the well-known figs of commerce, is indigenous to an area extending from Asiatic Turkey to northern India, but natural seedlings grow in most Mediterranean countries.

From regeneration plots surveyed in treated and untreated stands (n = 37 and n = 71, respectively), we found that treated stands have lower mean seedling densities than untreated stands (794.74 vs. 2765.14 natural seedlings ha-1, Table 3) three years after fire.

We used an inductive, ordination-based approach to explore patterns in understorey plant community composition and microenvironment under different partial harvest treatments applied in a GLSL hardwood stand, and related these to characteristics of natural seedlings of Q. rubra and its competitors Acer rubrum and Acer saccharum.

The fruitless search for natural seedlings and saplings away from adult trees suggests that there are currently no frugivorous animals acting as efficient seed dispersers of S. mamillatum.

Despite intensive searches throughout the study period, no natural seedlings or saplings of S. mamillatum were found further than 1 2 m away from adult trees.

The focus in stand manipulation should be on selective removal of invader plants around establishing natural forest seedlings to facilitate their growth into saplings and poles.

For the purpose of understanding its tolerance to salinity as well as corresponding tolerance mechanisms, in a greenhouse with natural lighting, seedlings were grown in culture solutions and subjected to a range of NaCl concentrations for 18 days.

Postfire logging impacts that have been documented across taxa and regions typically include soil compaction; aquatic and terrestrial habitat degradation, particularly for rare and imperiled species; the spread of invasives; increased fine fuels; and natural tree seedling mortality, among others.

This demonstrates that these natural elite seedling selections are truly distinct from the local cultivars.

At 50% PAR, seedling biomass of both natural and planted seedlings no longer appeared limited directly by light, and site preparation and brush control treatments resulted in further increased growth and improved seedling nutrition.