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Значения термина forest floor vegetation на английском

Undergrowth usually refers to the vegetation in the lower part of a forest, which can obstruct passage through the forest.

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        Examples for "undergrowth"
        Examples for "undergrowth"
        1
        Despite the undergrowth and young trees, he tore along, making good progress.
        Nano
        2
        Ignoring my daughter's question, I picked my way through roots and undergrowth.
        Bare Bones
        3
        The division of Jackson seemed almost lost in the forest and undergrowth.
        The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide
        4
        In all directions it looked the same; straight towering trunks, saplings, undergrowth.
        Blazed Trail Stories, and Stories of the Wild Life
        5
        Holman crept quietly toward the campfire, and I waited in the undergrowth.
        The White Waterfall
        1
        Suddenly the two men were rolling over and over in the underbrush.
        The Bell-Ringer of Angel's, and Other Stories
        2
        In the near-by woods the underbrush has been cleared out and destroyed.
        Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
        3
        Another bird made itself heard somewhere in the underbrush flanking the brook.
        The Rise of David Levinsky
        4
        In the underbrush near him, the boy became aware of fluttering noise.
        The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
        5
        Then I heard a crashing of underbrush from far across the plain.
        Promise of the wolves: a novel
        1
        Hazel, holly and yew are the understorey trees beneath soaring beeches and magnificent Douglas firs.
        The Guardian
        2
        The trampling of human feet made most suburban woodlands I knew barren, but here the understorey was thick with life.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Unlike a possum, they can't climb up the tree so they're eating the seedlings and smaller saplings in the understorey, he said.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Around us a soft breeze, its understorey laced with a tang of salt and seaweed, beneath a sweeter overtone of thrift, or sea pinks.
        The Irish Times
        5
        These pests and predators have destroyed the canopy and understorey of the ngahere, and attacked threatened species to the point of local extinction, she said.
        Radio NZ