subcanopy

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ canopy.

Noun

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subcanopy (plural subcanopies)

  1. The section of a forest immediately beneath the canopy
    • 2015 September 10, “The Oldest, Slowest Rainforests in the World? Massive Biomass and Slow Carbon Dynamics of Fitzroya cupressoides Temperate Forests in Southern Chile”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Arrows indicate separated values for the Fitzroya stand only and the Nothofagus dominated subcanopy forests in AA. FC: Fitzroya cupressoides, NN: Nothofagus nitida, DW: Drimys winteri, LP: Laureliopsis philippiana, MC: Myrceugenia chrysocarpa, SC: Saxegothaea conspicua.