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Examples of forest floor in a Sentence
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The researchers have placed various food sources at five sites across the forest floor.
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
Prescribed burns mimic this natural cycle, as firefighters seek the perfect conditions to ensure the flames are limited to the forest floor.
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Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
These pleasant temperatures give way to wildflowers blooming in the park’s different growing zones: the sagebrush valley, the forest floor, and the alpine zone.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
Systems connect levels from tree canopy to damp trunks decomposing on the forest floor, nurtured by roots and root-hair transport services underground.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined above
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“Forest floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20floor. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
forest floor
noun
: the upper layer of mixed soil and decayed or decaying organic material typical of forested land
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