stratification
noun
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If you look for it, you'll find stratification almost everywhere. On a tall rain-forest tree, there may be different air plants clinging to it, different insects crawling on it, and different mammals making their homes at different levels. The earth beneath you may be stratified into several distinctive layers within the first 20 feet. If the wind you're feeling is moving at 10 miles per hour, at 30 feet above your head it may be 20 mph, and in the jet stream above that it may be 150 mph. If you climb a high mountain in Himalayas, you may begin in a lush, wet forest and end up in a windswept environment where not even lichen will grow.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 Oct. 2024
This will create the right conditions for stratification, which helps the seeds sprout.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2024
These seeds benefit from stratification, where spending a winter outside in the soil, exposed to cold temperatures promotes germination.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Many native plant seeds sprout better with cold stratification, which can be accomplished by planting seeds outside in fall.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Stratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stratification. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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