understory
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of understory
Example Sentences
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The understory of the ponderosa and sugar pine forest was speckled with manzanita, oak trees and dogwoods with yellow leaves, marking the start of fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2024
These practices over time yielded "mosaics" of forests made up of diverse patches of trees varying in age, density, and overstory and understory composition.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
You can use these in mixed plantings under your conifers or group a bunch together to form a hedge or thick understory.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023
Coffee is an understory plant: It grows best under a canopy of shade-providing trees.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2023
They were close enough to the island now to see it was teeming with plant life: trees twice the size of the ship and an understory of bushes and tall grass.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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