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

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

"Since this kind of behavior affects tree regeneration, as well as understory vegetation, our findings show the influence of mice on the creation of complexities of the forest ecosystem."

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 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