rootballs

So, almost certainly, did the rootballs of plants that the colonists imported.

The Real Story of Globalization Charles C. Mann 2011

I figured some soil ball had gotten inside the finger, as sometimes happens in wild flinging of dirt off the rootballs of stubborn large weeds whilst on bended knees.

Updates And A New Fairest Of The Faire « Fairegarden 2010

I also dug up, divided the rootballs, and transplanted some outhouse lilies to a different location where they would be less obvious.

Archive 2007-03-01 Field Notes 2007

I also dug up, divided the rootballs, and transplanted some outhouse lilies to a different location where they would be less obvious.

Three Cheers for Positive Results Field Notes 2007

The ground was spongy soft with swamp water, the oak and occasional cypress showing rootballs above the surface.

outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2006

Nothing about the place looked the same; only the bottommost rootballs of the trees were left standing.

ARMAGEDDON SKY L. A. GRAF 1997

Secondarily, they say, maintaining a grass-only system minimizes the presence of trees that, if blown over during a hurricane, could dislodge roots or rootballs, possibly destabilizing a levee or floodwall with tragic consequences.

New Orleans Saints Central 2010

Some have been cut to a litter of tree stumps and scrub; on others, charcoal-makers have moved in to reduce the rootballs to fuel; next, other fields have been levelled and prepared with lime and fertiliser; and some have already been turned into white oceans of cotton.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

Quite a few trees fell as the water logged earth coughed up large rootballs after the wind applied leverage against the branches.

Xavier Thoughts 2008