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Shrub layer

The zone of vegetation which lies below the tree layer and above the field layer, up to a height of about eight metres. It consists of bushes and small trees and in woodland it may be called the 'understorey'. Where no tree layer is present the shrub layer forms scrub.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
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