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the forest's middle child, fighting for scraps of light beneath the canopy's greed.
light budgetsurvives on 2 percent of sunlight reaching the floor
slow gamesaplings can wait decades for a canopy gap
biodiversity hubholds most of a forest's plant species
shade tacticsleaves grow wider and thinner to catch dim light
fire roledense understory turns ground fires into crown infernos