overstory

[ oh-ver-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˌstɔr i, -ˌstoʊr i /

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noun, plural o·ver·sto·ries.

the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.

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Origin of overstory

1480–90, for an earlier sense; 1955–60 for current sense; over- + story²

On many parts of tribal land, most of the trees in the overstory survived.
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The dominant and codominant plants in the overstory (trees or shrubs) were noted at each station.
Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|Charles L. Douglas
One shows associations of dominant overstory and understory plants.
Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|Charles L. Douglas
Artemisia tridentata and Artemisia nova form the overstory in unit F and part of G.
Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|Charles L. Douglas

The trapping areas in the first three mentioned had heavy growths of grass and an overstory of shrubs.
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