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.
Examples of stratification in a Sentence
Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Most cultivars winter over even in the frigid conditions of the far northern U.S.
Like other fall bulbs, snowdrops need a period of cold, called stratification.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
Preparing Peach Seeds Like many seeds, peach seeds require a period of cold treatment, called stratification, to germinate properly.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
Native Wildflowers Winter sowing can increase the germination rates of native plant and wildflower seeds that require cold stratification.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Stratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stratification. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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