Grubbing

Grubbing or clearing is the removal of trees, shrubs, stumps and rubbish from a site.

This is often at the site where a transportation or utility corridor, a road or power line, an edifice or a garden is to be constructed.

Grubbing is performed following clearance of trees to their stumps, preceding construction.

[1] In animal behaviour grubbing is a feeding technique, referring to digging and uprooting of roots and rhizomes of plants.

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