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Understory

In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but above the forest floor. Only a small percentage of light penetrates the canopy, so understory vegetation is generally…

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Understory

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples16
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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related to Understory structure · 7
Understory → In, Plants, Some, The, They, This, Young
is a · 1
Understory → underlying layer of vegetation in a forest or wooded area

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canopy trees plants forest light shrubs undergrowth small plant life floor many growth greater humidity also provides time holly dogwood

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Understoryis aunderlying layer of vegetation in a forest or wooded area0.90text
hollyinstance ofSmall trees0.80text
dogwood are understory specialists.In temperate deciduous forestsinstance ofSmall trees0.80text
many understory plants start into growth earlier in the year than the canopy treesinstance ofSmall trees0.80text
to make use of the greater availability of light at that particular time of yearinstance ofSmall trees0.80text
fernsinstance ofThe greater humidity encourages epiphytes0.80text
mossesinstance ofThe greater humidity encourages epiphytes0.80text
and allows fungiinstance ofThe greater humidity encourages epiphytes0.80text
other decomposers to flourishinstance ofThe greater humidity encourages epiphytes0.80text
Understoryrelated to Understory structureThe0.60section
Understoryrelated to Understory structurePlants0.60section
Understoryrelated to Understory structureYoung0.60section

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