Young forests offer diverse vegetation like seedlings, saplings, wildflowers and berries. Weed pulling can be used to control some shrubs, tree saplings, and herbaceous plants. He is also growing beech and birch saplings for planting. Thimakka and her husband started grafting saplings from these trees. The trained volunteers then plant saplings, trees in groups in available land. They rub their horns against trees, young saplings, and even utility poles. The ground is covered with maze of grasses, plants, bushes and saplings. Birch and other tree saplings are cut down in the winter. Deer have been known to graze on saplings or reachable branches. A dead hedge is a barrier constructed from cut branches, saplings, and foliage. The runners produced by each of these saplings are replanted in the month of September. Naturally occurring saplings in forests will typically be older. Indians covered the saplings with woven mats or bark. Such targets were made from bamboo, rice straw, or saplings. Serows close to populated areas may feed on farms and cypress, including saplings.