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
Forms of T. ornata differ from those of T. carolina chiefly in being made most often in soil, over which there is a minimum of vegetational cover.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
This vegetational association may have few rodents because there is a shortage of places where they can hide.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.
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 Webb, Robert G.
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