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Keywords:
Canopy,
Understory,
Uppermost,
Foliage,
Forest
Those plants that are dominant on a site, usually a tall tree layer.
Topmost vegetation layer in a forest formed by the highest trees. ct Understorey
The stratum of trees that have outgrown the other vegetation in a forest to have their uppermost crown foliage largely or fully in direct sunlight, usually as a relatively continuous layer (excluding gaps).
n. The uppermost layer of foliage that forms a forest canopy.
The upper canopy or canopies of plants, usually referring to trees, shrubs, and vines.
plants that produce a leaf layer under which other plants grow
The uppermost canopy (treetops) in a stand of trees.
see canopy.
The trees forming the main canopy.
The highest layer of tree crowns in a timber stand.
A plant layer taller than another. In an alder stand, for example, alder could be the overstory over shorter a horsetail layer. Usually refers to a tree layer.
the portion of the trees, in a forest of more than one story, forming the upper or upper-most canopy layer, e.g., in a two-storied forest, seed-bearers over regeneration , or standards over coppice
That portion of the trees forming the upper canopy.
The portion of a forest that forms the upper crown cover.
Crown or canopy of branches and leaves that decreases the amount of sunlight reaching the ground.
the level of forest canopy that includes the crowns of dominant, codominant, and intermediate trees.
1. The forest canopy layer above the shrubs, herbs and small trees in a forest. 2. The upper level of vegetation in a two-level vegetation system (see understory).
a) Trees that provide the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest with more than one roughly horizontal layer of foliage. ( FEMAT, IX-25) b) The upper canopy layer; the plants below comprise the understory. ( FS People's Glossary of Eco Mgmt Terms)
The tree layer of foliage in a forest where tall mature trees rise above the shorter immature understory trees. Also known as the canopy.
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