Examples of forb in a Sentence
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Also growing up there are shrubs, grasses and forbs.
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Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2025
Periodic burning or disking, to maintain early successional growth and keep a field from becoming a young forest, tends to stimulate the growth of forbs.
—Will Brantley, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
Prairies are a kind of temperate grassland found in North America that are home to a diverse community of plants made up of native grasses and herbaceous flowering plants known as forbs.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Shrubs are excellent nurse plants, creating microclimates that help facilitate the successful growth of forbs, grasses, vines, and succulents.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Moose are mostly solitary animals who survive by consuming different types of plants and fruit, with their diet mainly consisting of terrestrial vegetation like forbs and other non-grasses.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Read More: The Rise (And Fall) Of The Woolly Rhinoceros
Habitat Problems
By analyzing the stomach contents of the woolly rhino, researchers from a previous study were able to deduce that the species lived on a diet of forbs (herbaceous plants) and graminoids (grasses).
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
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Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2025
Periodic burning or disking, to maintain early successional growth and keep a field from becoming a young forest, tends to stimulate the growth of forbs.
—Will Brantley, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
Prairies are a kind of temperate grassland found in North America that are home to a diverse community of plants made up of native grasses and herbaceous flowering plants known as forbs.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Shrubs are excellent nurse plants, creating microclimates that help facilitate the successful growth of forbs, grasses, vines, and succulents.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Moose are mostly solitary animals who survive by consuming different types of plants and fruit, with their diet mainly consisting of terrestrial vegetation like forbs and other non-grasses.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Read More: The Rise (And Fall) Of The Woolly Rhinoceros
Habitat Problems
By analyzing the stomach contents of the woolly rhino, researchers from a previous study were able to deduce that the species lived on a diet of forbs (herbaceous plants) and graminoids (grasses).
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2024
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“Forb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forb. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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