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Terraces planted with bamboo and native forbs and grasses are bisected by wooden walkways that zigzag between ponds and constructed wetlands.
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Richard Schiffman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Like other quail, gambel’s have short beaks suited for picking seeds, grasses, and forbs.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
While some are carnivorous, typically targeting worms, snails, and other slugs, others are herbivorous, specializing in fungi and the young shoots of wild forbs, sedges, and other plants.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
Dandelion: An top-tier early-season food source, this forb is an elk favorite.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
Look instead for greenbrier, honeysuckle, plum, laurel, sumac, blackberry, clear-cuts, browse, and forbs in the woods or natural clearings.
—Jeff Murray, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2019
The park meadows are planted with native perennial forbs and grasses selected for the benefit of wildlife.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
The prescribed fire will reinvigorate grasses, forbs, and shrubs and improve deer and elk habitat.
—David L. Bernhardt, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2019
The appeal argued that site descriptions the agency used, which found the area should be covered mostly by sagebrush, grasses, and forbs, are not scientifically accurate.
—Jennifer Oldham, National Geographic, 3 Sep. 2019
Richard Schiffman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Like other quail, gambel’s have short beaks suited for picking seeds, grasses, and forbs.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
While some are carnivorous, typically targeting worms, snails, and other slugs, others are herbivorous, specializing in fungi and the young shoots of wild forbs, sedges, and other plants.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
Dandelion: An top-tier early-season food source, this forb is an elk favorite.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
Look instead for greenbrier, honeysuckle, plum, laurel, sumac, blackberry, clear-cuts, browse, and forbs in the woods or natural clearings.
—Jeff Murray, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2019
The park meadows are planted with native perennial forbs and grasses selected for the benefit of wildlife.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
The prescribed fire will reinvigorate grasses, forbs, and shrubs and improve deer and elk habitat.
—David L. Bernhardt, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2019
The appeal argued that site descriptions the agency used, which found the area should be covered mostly by sagebrush, grasses, and forbs, are not scientifically accurate.
—Jennifer Oldham, National Geographic, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Forb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forb. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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