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- noun Alternative spelling of
overstory .
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Examples
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The lower elevations are covered with chaparral woodland with digger pine Pinus sabaniana and oak Quercus chrysolepis in the overstorey and extensive brush fields of Ceonothus spp.,
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Araucarian vine forest or 'dry' rain forest, characterized by a discontinuous overstorey of hoop pine Araucaria cunninghamii, a species prized for its timber, occurs mainly at lower altitudes, although it can extend above 700 m.
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