understory

Example Sentences

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Water trickled through the canopy of old-growth trees, then the understory, forest duff, soil and rocks, before hitting the water table.

From Seattle Times

But they acknowledged the stand was beginning to develop some characteristics of mature forest — larger overstory and shade-tolerant understory.

From Seattle Times

At Understory on the ground floor, there are rotating works from local artists, free to the public.

From Seattle Times

Intense fire suppression efforts across the Sierra Nevada have increased the density of understory, forest-floor vegetation that can act as a wildfire accelerant.

From Salon

"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