shrub layer
shrub layer — phrase
1. the part of a forest made up of bushes and young trees growing below the taller
the part of a forest made up of bushes and young trees growing below the taller trees.
After the fire, ferns quickly filled the shrub layer beneath the pines.
fill the shrub layer beneath [trees]
Liang showed the children the birds hiding in the shrub layer near the stream.
birds hiding in the shrub layer
The guide explained how deer feed in the shrub layer at dusk.
Sunlight reaching the shrub layer helps young trees survive the winter.
Researchers measured the shrub layer before planting new oaks in the reserve.
- understory
broader term for the vegetation below the canopy, not just the shrub band
- undergrowth
more everyday and less precise than the technical ecology term
文法句型
the shrub layer of a forest
dense shrub layer
in the shrub layer
用法筆記
Usually appears in ecology or forestry writing, often with modifiers such as dense, native, or low. It names the band below the canopy, not every plant growing on the forest floor.