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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
A bush hog or "brush hog" is a type of rotary mower. Typically these mowers are designed to be towed behind a farm tractor using the three-point hitch and are driven via the power take-off (PTO). It has blades that are not rigidly attached to the drive like a lawnmower blade, but are on hinges so if the blade hits a rock or stump , it bounces ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
A string trimmer, also known by the portmanteau strimmer and the trademarks Weedwacker, Weed Eater and Whipper Snipper, [1] [a] is a garden power tool for cutting grass, small weeds, and groundcover. It uses a whirling monofilament line instead of a blade, which protrudes from a rotating spindle at the end of a long shaft topped by a gasoline ...
A brushcutter (also called a brush saw, clearing saw or gasoline goat) is a powered garden or agricultural tool used to trim weeds, small trees, and other foliage not accessible by a lawn mower or rotary mower. Various blades or trimmer heads can be attached to the machine for specific applications. It consists of: A power unit held close to ...
The grasses and other herbaceous plants of high pine land diminished near the boundary with scrub, and did not quite extend to the brush layer of a scrub. The near absence of plants in the transition zone meant that any grass fire that did reach the zone did not have enough intensity to ignite the evergreen plants of the shrub layer of a scrub.