Overstory is the larger, taller trees of growth which occupies a forest area and shades young trees, hardwoods, brush, and other deciduous varieties which are growing beneath the larger trees (i.e., understory). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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Trees that provide the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest with more that one roughly horizontal layer of foliage.
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Trees composing the canopy layer of a forest; the highest trees.
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The forest canopy layer above the shrubs, herbs and small trees in a forest., Over story is also the upper level of vegetation in a two-level vegetation system (see understory)
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the level of forest canopy that includes the crowns of dominant, codominant, and intermediate trees.
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the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.
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https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/overstory
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