shrub layer

British  

noun

1. See layer

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Example Sentences

But to incorporate a shrub layer into urban plantings, she says, green space managers would need to accept simplified landscapes, and find ways to allay concerns that bushes could encourage crime.

From Science Magazine

"It's a decline in woodland and hedgerow management. Dormice live in the shrub layer of woodland, and in many areas that layer has been stripped out, or the forest has been left to grow up and shade out the understory."

From BBC

The site, which boasts an extensive tree canopy, hefty shrub layer and leaf litter plus mammals such as mice that are important hosts for ticks and make an environment ideal for the critters, is one of MDH’s long-term monitoring sites.

From Washington Post

Tree-rat species survive in stringy bark forests in northern Australia and prefer lots of shrub layer and fruiting trees.

From BBC

Researchers found that sites with the highest abundance of the native animals had the lowest shrub layer vegetation cover and a lower number of birds.

From BBC