It does not germinate easily on dry soils or forest litter.

It must be some creature, searching through the forest litter, looking for a grub.

He steadied himself for a moment, kneeling in the forest litter.

The ground was covered with the typical forest litter; none of it had been moved by anyone's passing.

Others help to break down forest litter and dead organic matter such as skin cells.

Despite their name, they do not live exclusively in caves; several species have been found in forest litter.

Look for pieces of charcoal that sometimes can be found among the forest litter.

"This is just forest litter like you'd find in the woods back home."

Part of the acidity, he noted, was natural, given off by living vegetation and decomposing forest litter.

A green shoot speared up from the forest litter in response to the first light of dawn, unfolded into two leaves, and went on growing.