understory
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On the surface, the flames are out – but underground, smouldering blazes continue to burn through a deep understory of carbon, vegetation and peat.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
For decades, tropical ornithologists believed narrow temperature tolerances may have been to blame for the declines of understory birds, but this study suggests otherwise.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 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
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
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