canopy

Japanese: canopy
canopy

...A dense forest of tall trees at least 4-5m tall, enclosing the ground space with their branches and leaves over an area. The part of the space that each tree occupies three-dimensionally is called the crown, and in forests, these trees come together to occupy the ground space and form a canopy. A forest is made up of a group of trees (trees) and the land on which they stand (woodland), and many plants, animals, and microorganisms live above and below ground.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "canopy" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…樹高が少なくとも4~5m以上ある高木が密生し,面積的な広がりをもって地上空間を枝葉で閉鎖したもの。個々の樹木の枝葉が空間を立体的に占有している部分を樹冠crownといい,森林ではこれらが一体となって地上空間を占有して林冠canopyを形成する。森林は樹木の集団(林木)とこれが立っている土地(林地)で構成され,地上,地中を通じて多くの植物,動物,微生物が生活している。…

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