低てい木ぼく層そう

noun

understory; understorey

Ecological term for the layer of vegetation beneath the forest canopy, consisting of shrubs and small trees.

• この森もりの低てい木ぼく層そうには、さまざまな種しゅ類るいの低てい木ぼくが生はえている。

  Various kinds of shrubs grow in the understory of this forest.