shrub layer
shrub layer — 片語
1. the part of a forest made up of bushes and young trees growing below the taller
灌木層
森林中樹冠下的灌木與幼樹層
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.
火災後，蕨類很快就長滿了松樹下方的灌木層。
fill the shrub layer beneath [trees]
Liang showed the children the birds hiding in the shrub layer near the stream.
Liang 指給孩子們看躲在溪邊灌木層裡的鳥。
birds hiding in the shrub layer
The guide explained how deer feed in the shrub layer at dusk.
嚮導解釋鹿會在黃昏時到灌木層覓食。
Sunlight reaching the shrub layer helps young trees survive the winter.
照到灌木層的陽光能幫助幼樹撐過冬天。
Researchers measured the shrub layer before planting new oaks in the reserve.
研究人員在保護區種下新橡樹前先測量了灌木層。
- 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.