GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms
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- line
- A nursery term to describe a group of individuals from similar parentage with similar traits; a cultivar.
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- line-out
- To set out young rooted plants in the outdoor nursery to grow larger or on which to work grafts.
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- browse line
- A condition found in forests or brushland with an over population of browse animals like deer or goats, all branches and twigs eaten as high as the animals can reach.
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- divisural line
- The line down the teeth of a peristome, through which they split.
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- drip line
- The line that could be drawn on the ground under a tree beneath the outermost tips of the branches. Rain flows off the tree at this point, so it is the area where roots congregate and the best point to place fertilizer, water, etc.
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- fall line
- A line connecting the points where rivers leave the uplands as they flow to the lowlands, indicated by sharper slopes and waterfalls.
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- fire control line
- A designated margin along which a wildfire, if possible, is not allowed to pass; often backfires are started here.
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- tree line (alt. tree limit, timberline)
- The height above which trees can no longer survive on a mountainside, or the northern or southern limit beyond which only stunted forms appear on a continent toward a pole.
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