undergrowth

For instance, standard plantation management usually includes suppression of the undergrowth by using large amounts of herbicides and fertilizers.

Her own recent study found levels of flammable forest undergrowth surged in southeastern Australia after European colonists arrived.

Many keystone tree species of the region, including red and white oaks, depend on fire to curb undergrowth and create space within the canopy so sunlight can reach seedlings.

Fierce wildfires can transform green canopies and undergrowth to gray ash.

Then, in late June, all that lush undergrowth was leveled by a contractor hired by Los Angeles’ Department of Recreation and Parks to conform with the Los Angeles Fire Department’s brush clearance requirements.