A young tree with a girth less than four inches in diameter at breast height (DBH).
"Ponderosa Pine sapling…" by Famartin (Own work) CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A01 The Blessing Way (01-07) p. 224 A01 The Blessing Way (01-07) p. 225
Merriam-Webster.com N.d. Sapling. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sapling, accessed February 2, 2015..
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