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  2. Forestry mulching - Wikipedia

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    Time-lapse of Tigercat mulcher clearing brush. Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses a single machine to cut, grind, and clear vegetation.. A forestry mulching machine, also referred to as a forestry mulcher, forest masticator, or brushcutter, uses a rotary drum equipped with steel chipper tools ("teeth") or blades to shred vegetation. [1]

  3. Scrub brush - Wikipedia

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    Scrub brush or scrubbrush may refer to: Shrubland, an environmental habitat characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs; Silkworm (missile), a missile with the NATO reporting name "Scrubbrush" Tawashi, a Japanese traditional scrubbing brush; Toilet brush, a scrubbing brush for cleaning toilets

  4. Shrubland - Wikipedia

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    Low shrubland in Hawaii Scrub vegetation with cactus in Webb County in south Texas Mediterranean shrubland in Sardinia, Italy. Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result ...

  5. Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub - Wikipedia

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    Many of the plants are pyrophytes, or fire-loving, adapted or even depending on fire for reproduction, recycling of nutrients, and the removal of dead or senescent vegetation. In both the Australian and Californian Mediterranean-climate eco-regions, native peoples used fire extensively to clear brush and trees, making way for the grasses and ...

  6. Grubbing - Wikipedia

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    Grubbing or clearing is the removal of trees, shrubs, stumps and rubbish from a site. This is often at the site where a transportation or utility corridor, a road or power line, an edifice or a garden is to be constructed. Grubbing is performed following clearance of trees to their stumps, preceding construction. [1]

  7. Stump-jump plough - Wikipedia

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    Scrub roller being used in South Australia, c.1922. The invention of the scrub roller, or mallee roller, was one solution. This was a heavy roller which was dragged over roughly cleared ground by horses or bullocks, crushing small trees, undergrowth and new shoots. After leaving the field to dry, the flattened vegetation was burnt.

  8. Florida scrub - Wikipedia

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    Florida scrub is a forest ecoregion found throughout Florida in the United States. It is found on coastal and inland sand ridges and is characterized by an evergreen xeromorphic plant community dominated by shrubs and dwarf oaks.

  9. Land clearing in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The removal of vegetation damages the microclimate by removing shade and reducing humidity. It also contributes to global climate change by diminishing the capacity of the vegetation to absorb carbon dioxide. Land clearing could also be responsible for reduced rainfall levels & possible desertification of land as well as soil erosion.