shrub layer

collocation in English

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shrub
noun
uk
/ʃrʌb/us
/ʃrʌb/
a large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branches growing either directly from the ground or from a hard stem, grown ...
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layer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.ər/us
/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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(Definition ofshrubandlayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Secondary forest had higher levels of terrestrial browse and a denser understoreyshrublayer.
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Therefore, the common myna probably preferred open terrain with shorter trees and sparsershrublayer.
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Forests growing on clayey soils usually have a denseshrublayerand an abundance of large herbs and tree ferns.
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Montane hardwood habitat typically consists of an evergreen hardwood tree layer, a patchyshrublayer, and sparse herbaceous cover.
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Disturbed wet woodland tend to have a quaking aspen canopy and blackberry as theshrublayer.
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It inhabits deciduous and mixed woodland with a well-developedshrublayer, favouring edge habitats.
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Theshrublayerheight remains under 2 metres with the tree canopy 15 to 30 metres high.
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Theshrublayerhas affinities with coastal rainforests in the east.
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The thick,shrublayeris composed of fetterbush, greenbrier vines, inkberry, and loblolly-bay.
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Restrictions also apply to livestock, which are not permitted within the wood; heavy grazing in the past has adversely affected theshrublayer.
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In the better established forest stands, a species-richshrublayermay develop.
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Ashrublayerincludes hawthorns, field maples and wild service trees, and among the ground flora are bluebells and wood anemones.
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The main trees are alder and crack willow in the wetter areas, and elsewhere oak and ash with ashrublayerof hazel.
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The canopy consists of ash and pedunculate oak, with ashrublayerof hazel and field maple.
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Theshrublayeris aspen, willow, or oak.
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Often they are relatively open forests, with a low, patchy canopy and an ericaceousshrublayer.
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Theshrublayeris very dense, forming fair to excellent cover.
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The family generally forages arboreally, usually in theshrublayeror canopy, and seldom visits the ground.
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These trees are common in theshrublayer, along with others, including blueberries and winterberry.
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Theshrublayerincludes gorse, buckthorn, privet and bramble.
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