forest floor
Americannoun
plural
forest floorsExample Sentences
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Under the forest floor, networks of roots and fungi connect individual trees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Once on the forest floor, natural processes take over.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
For years, scientists have warned that the risk of damaging floods is dramatically increased after intense wildfires, as rain struggles to permeate the burnt-out forest floor and flows encounter little resistance from the remaining vegetation.
From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025
McCarthy believes bioenergy is one of those ways — essentially, by selling the least valuable, borderline unusable vegetation from the forest floor.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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