living fence
Growing green boundary
A living fence is a boundary made of closely planted trees, shrubs, or other vegetation rather than wood, wire, or stone.
The plants grow together to form a barrier that contains livestock, marks property lines, or provides privacy.
Living fences offer advantages over conventional fencing: they self-repair, improve over time, provide habitat for wildlife, and require no manufactured materials.
Common plants include osage orange, hawthorn, and various hedgerow species.
The farmer planted a living fence of willow along the pasture's edge.
- hedgerowLinear shrub boundary
- privetShrub for formal hedges
- hawthornThorny berry-bearing shrub
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- property lineLegal land boundary
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Barrier of forged material
chain-link fence · barbed wire fence · wooden fence · steel fence · iron fence
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