Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Beneath the forest canopy, or overstory, of towering trees is a second layer of vegetation known as the understory. It is composed of shrubs, saplings, ...
Looks Like: Striped maple is a shrubby tree of the forest understory, rarely exceeding 30 feet in height. Young trees have smooth green bark with pronounced vertical white striping. Striping ...