nurse log

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nurse log - a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest; the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants

log - a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

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log			If it falls, it'll be a nurse log for a fern, or compost for a generation of trilliums, moss and lichens. CULTIVATING DELIGHT by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) The work features a sixty-foot Western hemlock (the official state tree of Washington) nurse log that the artist found after months of searching forests for the perfect specimen. Take back the site: Valerie Smith on the Olympic Sculpture Park by Smith, Valerie / Artforum International com David Suzuki and Wayne Grady join forces in Tree: A Life Story to chronicle the life of a giant Douglas fir tree in the Pacific Northwest, from its birth in the year Edward I became king of England through its fall in 1929 and its rebirth as a nurse log. Tree: a Life Story by The Bookwatch			Nuphar Nuphar advena Nuphar lutea Nuphar sagittifolium Nuprin Nupson nuptial nuptials Nuptse NUR Nuraghe nurd Nuremberg Nureyev Nurhachi Nuri Nuri as-Said Nuristan Nuristani Nurl Nurmi Nurnberg Nürnberg nurse nurse clinician nurse log nurse practitioner nurse shark nurse's aide nurse-midwife nurse-patient relation nurse’s aid nursed nursehound nurseling nursemaid Nursepond Nurser nursery nursery education nursery nurse nursery rhyme nursery school nursery slope nursery slopes nursery stakes Nurserydom nurseryman nursing nursing aide nursing bottle			Nurse Education Scholarship Loan Program Nurse Education, Expansion and Development Act Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Nurse educator Nurse Educator Scholarship Program nurse endoscopist Nurse Executive - Board Certified Nurse Executives of New Zealand Nurse Faculty Loan Program Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology nurse graft Nurse Healer 's Professional Association Nurse Healers - Professional Associates International Nurse Healers Professional Association Nurse Home Visitor Nurse in Charge Nurse in Washington Internship Nurse Knowledge Exchange Nurse Leadership Institute Nurse Licensure Compact Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators Nurse Life Care Planner nurse log Nurse manager Nurse Mayinga Nurse midwife Nurse Midwives Nurse Of the Day Nurse on Duty Nurse Oncology Education Program nurse practice act nurse practice acts nurse practice acts nurse practice acts nurse practice acts Nurse Practicing Act and Nursing Peer Review Act of 1999 nurse practitioner nurse practitioner nurse practitioner nurse practitioner nurse practitioner nurse practitioner Nurse Practitioner Alternatives, Inc. Nurse Practitioner Association for Continuing Education Nurse Practitioner Association of Long Island Nurse Practitioner Association of Manitoba Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota Nurse Practitioner Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania Nurse Practitioner Association of the District of Columbia Nurse Practitioner Association of Western New York Nurse Practitioner Association, Greater Rochester Nurse Practitioner Corporate Partner Council

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