understory

Examples of understory in the following topics:

• Energy Sources

  • For instance, plants in the understory of a temperate forest are shaded when the trees above them in the canopy completely leaf out in the late spring.
  • Not surprisingly, understory plants have adaptations to successfully capture available light.

• Tropical Wet Forest and Savannas

  • Above that is an understory of short shrubby foliage.
  • A layer of trees rising above this understory is topped by a closed upper canopy: the uppermost overhead layer of branches and leaves.

• Mosses

  • Their habitats vary from the tundra, where they are the main vegetation, to the understory of tropical forests.

• Plant Adaptations to Life on Land

  • Ferns, which are considered an early lineage of plants, thrive in damp and cool places such as the understory of temperate forests.