understory
Example Sentences
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The understory of the ponderosa and sugar pine forest was speckled with manzanita, oak trees and dogwoods with yellow leaves, marking the start of fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 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
"On these longer rotations, multiple entries for thinning were required to prevent buildup of understory vegetation that would have suppressed the growth of overstory Douglas-fir," Carlisle said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 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
