understory
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dərˌstɔr noun
the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest.
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The wetland understory can be any, or a variety, of wetland plant community types ranging from wet prairie to hatrack cypress.
It is recruited to the understory and overstory only under conditions of high light intensity.
The understory is kept clean of debris and shade tolerant species by periodic fires.
But this lush canopy has distracted attention from the understory of the reef, he added.
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