forest floor
Americannoun
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forest floors
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Dead pine needles and soot carpet the forest floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Plus, it's also doing a lot of damage to the forest floor, which is bad for the survival of the woods, for the food chain in the woods, for the seeds and the birds.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
After dark, it descends more than 50 centimeters and creates an anchor point on a leaf, branch, or the forest floor.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
On a cool spring morning, a forest floor may seem calm and still.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
The leaves dangled like jewels—tiny droplets of ruby, pearl, topaz, amethyst, emerald, and garnet; and a carpet of such riches coated the forest floor around them.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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