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[[File:Baustraße (Plau am See).JPG|300px|thumb|Grubbed road with first layer of [[Construction aggregate|aggregate]] being applied]]'''Grubbing''' or '''clearing''' is the removal of [[trees]], [[shrubs]], [[stumps]] and [[Garbage|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 [[Deforestation|clearance]] of trees to their stumps, preceding [[construction]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Surveying: Principles and Applications |last=Kavanagh |first=Barr |edition=Seneca College | publisher=Prentice Hall |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-558-67562-2 |page=252}}</ref>

In [[animal behaviour]] grubbing is a [[feeding technique]], referring to [[digging]] and [[Tree uprooting|uprooting]] of [[root]]s and [[rhizomes]] of [[plants]]. It is employed by [[geese]], especially [[greater snow goose|greater]] and [[snow goose|lesser snow geese]] and [[Canada geese]],<ref name=AbrahamJefferies1997>{{cite report |author=Kenneth F. Abraham |author2=Robert L. Jefferies |date=1997 |title=Arctic Ecosystems in Peril: Report of the Arctic Goose Habitat Working Group. Part II High Goose Populations: causes, impacts and implications |url=https://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/pdf/management/arctic-goose/part2.pdf#17 |publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service |page=17 |access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref> as well as [[swine]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Takacs |first1=L. |date=1982 |title=Grubbing by Swine as a Means on Preparing the Soil on Swampy Ground |url=https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=DK19830926402 |journal=Tools and Tillage Kobenhavn |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=155–157 |access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref>

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