Examples of understory in the following topics:
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Their habitats vary from the tundra, where they are the main vegetation, to the understory of tropical forests.
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- Ferns, which are considered an early lineage of plants, thrive in damp and cool places such as the understory of temperate forests.