understory

Example Sentences

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Without frequent fire to clear out the understory of a forest, California woodlands have grown five to six times denser.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

These actions can help ensure their regeneration while decreasing dominance of weedy understory species.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 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

Pushing her way through the saplings and fallen branches, she found the arrow thirty yards into the trees, its red fletches bright against the mottled green understory.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee