#understory — Public Fediverse posts

Where, when and how to see wild elk during bugling season

In the quiet of the rolling hills and hardwoods of the northeastern Lower Peninsula you may hear a…
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Dandenong Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia

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#Fungi #Microcosm #Understory #Nature #Forestfloor #Moisture #Macro

Echidna from Bunyip State Forest, VIC Australia

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#Echidna #Bunyip #Spines #Marsupial #Understory #Snuffle #Australia #Textures #Wildlife #Closeup

Decades of data reveal #hurricanes' unexpected benefit to rare Florida butterfly https://phys.org/news/2025-02-decades-reveal-hurricanes-unexpected-benefit.html paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320725000060

"Their survival relies on two known larval host #plants: torchwood and wild lime... They occupy the forest's #understory, and after a #hurricane, they explode with fresh leaf shoots, which are the preferred food of Schaus's swallowtail #caterpillars... After the hurricanes temporarily knock out their bigger, taller competitors, the host plants flourish."

Understory (Habitat 🌄)

In forestry and ecology, understory, or understorey, 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 shade-tolerant. The understory typically consi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understory

#Understory #Plants #Forests #Habitat #ForestEcology #PlantsByHabitat

Extra #CarbonDioxide Helps Lower Layers of the #Amazon Thrive—for Now https://eos.org/articles/extra-carbon-dioxide-helps-lower-layers-of-the-amazon-thrive-for-now

In situ short-term responses of Amazonian #understory plants to elevated CO2 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.14842

"#Plants living in the shadows grew faster when exposed to excess #carbon dioxide. But this short-term effect could vanish in a high-emission-induced warmer future, making the #forest a carbon source."

#Scientists Try a ‘Field of Dreams’ Approach to Restoring #California’s Bull #Kelp Forests https://baynature.org/article/scientists-try-a-field-of-dreams-approach-to-restoring-californias-bull-kelp-forests/

"They're planting lab-grown kelp off the #Sonoma coast, thanks to nearly $9 million from #Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other sources... If the current desertlike #seascape can be reverted into something akin to a #rainforest, #BullKelp will be its foundation—the #canopy. Underneath its stalks... a diverse #understory of smaller #algae will sprout like shrubs and ferns"

Was at the forest behind the farm to deal with invasive holly. On the scramble back out I spotted this wee little moist friend of the #understory, near the shelter of salal. I love #salamanders so much... They have such lovely skin. XD It's their mating season soon, a busy time for #amphibians. Please don't handle them if you ever see them on your wanders. Love them from a distance. #ScianewTerritory #northwesternsalamander #salamander #wander

Today is a #SciArtSeptember & #NDDoodle double #ArtChallenge!

This is a #Nightingale. These birds live in the #Understory of the forest- the area above the forest floor but below the canopy. They are very shy & their brown coloring blends into the trees very well, so you are much more likely to hear them than see them. The sounds they make are incredibly varied! https://youtu.be/XdlIbNrki5o?si=2wt9EDFLh8aUXbtl

#mastoArt #Learning #Watercolor #Nature #Green #Forest #Bird #NDD1

Any forest experts on here? I'm trying to turn my backyard forest into a healthy oak-hickory food forest and while I know what I need to get rid of (buckthorn, honeysuckle, creeping bellflower) I don't really know what the understory is *supposed* to look like.

Where should the shrubs/small trees be in relation to the big ones? What should go at the edges vs in the middle? Most of the info I've found by googling is geared toward managing a forest for logging which is obvs not helpful.

Thanks in advance!

#oak #hickory #forest #FoodForest #invasiveSpecies #understory #buckthorn
(adding a bunch of hashtags since I'm pretty sure that's how stuff gets seen on here?)

If you're familiar with #EasternHemlock #forests then you might picture them as a closed #canopy with sparse vegetation in the #understory.

But when a fallen tree opens up that canopy, the #gap supports a profusion of #regeneration.

https://youtu.be/KUwmGSudKHg

Very cool to find this understory #heterogeneity at #RBWinterStatePark in #Pennsylvania.

#ecology #succession

Healthy forests and woodlands are more than just trees... https://youtu.be/S0cFWXMqTEk #Rewilding #Reforestation #Understory

new manuscript from @funeco Lab! We look at the effects of #experimental #warming on #understory #vegetation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/authShare/S0378112723002530/20230506T034300Z/1?md5=e725b4308fbfde1aa2f561ea2f3251c8&dgcid=coauthor