Example Sentences

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He says certain trees like scarlet oaks and hickories have potential for colorful displays if they get rain in early October.

From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2019

Surrounded by tall hickories, ash and oak, it is mostly covered in shade, a condition not ideal for grass.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2019

As a whole, the deciduous forest was home to many different tree species—oaks, beeches, maples, basswoods, hickories, chestnut, ashes, elms, birches and poplars—but different types of trees predominated in different regions.

From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2014

And more than 5,200 other trees from the forest’s original roster were planted, including oaks, hickories and sweetgums.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2011

They were like white bouquets God had stuck in the stands of ancient oaks and hickories, glistening green in their own new growth.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam