Understory (or understorey, underbrush) in forestry and ecology refers to plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any extent. Plants in the understory comprise an assortment of seedlings and saplings of canopy trees together with specialist understory shrubs and herbs. Young canopy trees often persist in the understo...
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All forest vegetation growing under the canopy or upper layers of forest vegetation.
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(from the article `primate`) ...continuum of interlacing branches, a three-dimensional maze that provides home, restaurant, shopping districts, and highways for primates. Three ...
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The lower level of trees and shrubs in a forest.
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The smaller trees that grow below the major forest.
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The trees and other woody species growing under a relatively continuous cover of branches and foliage formed by the overstory trees. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...
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The forest layer beneath the canopy that includes small trees, young canopy trees, shrubs, and herbs.
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Layer of plants near the ground.
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A layer of woody vegetation under the canopy of a forest, the shrub and tree layer below the dominant stratum.
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the layer of shrubs, herbs and small trees beneath the forest canopy. The upper level of vegetation in a two-level vegetation system (see overstory)
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the underlying layer of vegetation that grows beneath a forest
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the level of forest vegetation beneath the canopy.
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Vegetation that lies close to the ground in a forest or other wild area.
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the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest.
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refers to vegetation (ferns, shrubs, saplings) growing beneath the forest canopy.
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The area below the forest canopy that comprises shrubs, snags and small tree. Because the understory receives little light, many of the plants at this level tolerate shade and will remain part of the understory. Others will grow and replace older trees that fall.
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