vegetational
Americanadjective
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We persist in this inefficient approach despite the fact that a perfectly sound method of selective spraying is known, which can achieve long-term vegetational control and eliminate repeated spraying of most types of vegetation.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017
Some experts warn of subtle but far-reaching vegetational shifts as a result of the growing use of herbicides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Although woodland makes up a relatively small fraction of the vegetational complexes in Kansas, a large number of habitats exist in what woodland is present.
From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Richard F. Johnston
Box turtles frequently sought shelter beneath this vegetational canopy or burrowed beneath the sod.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
The vegetational cover is usually open, including grasses, small oaks and pines, broad-leaved shrubs and herbs, prickly pears, magueys, thorny acacias, bracken fern, and epiphytes in trees.
From A New Species of Frog (Genus Tomodactylus) from Western Mexico by Robert G. Webb
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