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- noun Plural form of
broadleaf .
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Examples
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The trees had gotten shorter, with more low evergreens and less broadleafs, and consequently less shade.
The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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When mast-bearing broadleafs reach the overstory, they begin to produce even more than when they were in the understory: a boon to mast eaters.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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When mast-bearing broadleafs reach the overstory, they begin to produce even more than when they were in the understory: a boon to mast eaters.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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In some managed forests, a program of prescribed burns keeps the understory open instead of letting broadleafs fill in.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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The offspring of the pines themselves were no match for these vigorous young broadleafs; they proved frail in the heavy shade and died within a few short years.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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The broadleafs also provide cavities for at least 17 species of cavity nesters in the South.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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The broadleafs quickly took up the slack and grew into a solid underlayer beneath the canopy pines.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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In some managed forests, a program of prescribed burns keeps the understory open instead of letting broadleafs fill in.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Barring disturbance or management for pines, these broadleafs will continue their ascent to the canopy, growing in spurts whenever an opening is created by the death of a pine.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Old-growth stands up to 120 years are a true mixture of pines and broadleafs, in the overstory as well as the understory.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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