An uncultivated strip of land on each side of and below a fence.
‘wayside fencerows, vacant lots, or roadside ditches’
‘Perennial weeds often occur first at the edges of crop fields, near fencerows and wooded areas.’
‘Forests, fields, orchards, fencerows, hedgerows, islands, railroad tracks, floodplains and grown-over strip mines are just some of the places the white and giant morels can be found.’
‘For example, chipmunks and white-footed mice in an agricultural landscape used wooded fencerows to travel between forest patches.’
‘So I went down toward the creek, and as I turned the corner by the barnyard I saw him down below, moving along a fencerow.’
‘For example, resident chipmunks in an agricultural landscape used wooded fencerows as habitat, while transient chipmunks used fencerows to travel between forest patches.’
‘Cattle and pine plantations have replaced the pea patches, gardens, and cornfields, and few of the fencerows that once divided these small farms are still visible.’
‘‘They were everywhere in the fencerows,’ he wrote, ‘and of all colors except white and purple.’’
‘Steve is a fifth generation California agriculturalist and fourth generation cattle rancher, but his efforts extend far beyond his own fencerows.’
‘Our blueberry patch is surrounded by wooded fencerows.’
‘Dispersal rates were higher in forest and edge habitats than they were in fencerows.’
‘There are trout streams and ponds, horses galore, charming footbridges, and miles of glorious fencerows to explore.’
‘It invades old fields as well as woodlots, and has been reported along roads, utility corridors and fencerows.’
‘They were a common sight on fruit trees and saplings in the fencerows and woodlots.’
‘They often do this en masse where several hundred adults will gather at the base of a tree, along a fencerow or under a rock.’
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