First edition (with LA Times Book Prize finalist sticker)
Author
Pamela Erens
Cover artist
Michael Marquand
Country
United States
Language
English
Publisher
Ironweed Press
Publication date
Sept 2007
Media type
Print
Pages
142
ISBN
1-931336-04-0
The Understory is the debut novel by American author Pamela Erens published in 2007 by Ironweed Press, and republished in 2014 by Tin House Books following the success of her second novel, The Virgins. It was a finalist for both the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing fiction prize[1] and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction.[2]
^2008 fiction finalist | Stanford University Libraries Retrieved 2015-07-23.
^2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-07-24.
In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant...
TheUnderstory is the debut novel by American author Pamela Erens published in 2007 by Ironweed Press, and republished in 2014 by Tin House Books following...
Only about 5% of the sunlight shining on the rainforest canopy reaches theunderstory. This layer can be called a shrub layer, although the shrub layer may...
phenomenon by which an organism produces one or more biochemicals that influence the germination, growth, survival, and reproduction of other organisms. These...
ovata and C. cordiformis) and black or sweet birch (Betula lenta). Small understory trees and shrubs include flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), hophornbeam...
fairly dense understory can still thrive. The mixed wood understory, as it is called, supports the greatest diversity of forest wildlife in the aspen parkland...
(grass, sedge, or rush). The term is used in biology and in vegetation ecology, especially in relation to grasslands and understory. Typically these are dicots...
where trees and shrubs form a light canopy. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a...
Cedrus deodara, the deodar cedar. This tree is found naturally in the Western Himalayas from the Gandaki River in central Nepal to the Hindu Kush mountain...
predominate in the north of the country, supporting animal species such as moose and Asian black bear, along with over 120 bird species. Theunderstory of moist...
survive. The large, dominant Eucalypts grow far less dense than in wet sclerophyll forests, increasing the light availability to understory plants and...
within manure and on items that have fallen to theunderstory from the canopy. They play a pivotal role in the control of ticks, flies, locusts, scorpions...
found between different species: some grew in theunderstory, other in the midstory and others in the canopy. Trees with epiphytes were found to be significantly...
elderberry, minniebush, and southern bush honeysuckle make up theunderstory. Below the spruce-fir forest, at around 1,200 meters (3,900 ft), forest composition...
dense understory of Goran (Ceriops tagal) and sometimes Passur. Sajnakhali Wildlife Sanctuary is a 362-square-kilometre (140 sq mi) area in the northern...
the densely populated canopy layer, theunderstory layer rich in wildlife, and the forest floor, which is sparse due to low light penetration. The soil...
three-layered, shade-tolerant understory that is roughly 9 to 15 m (30 to 50 ft) shorter than the canopy. The top layer of theunderstory is the sub-canopy composed...
aspen colonies. The high stem turnover regime supports a diverse herbaceous understory.[citation needed] Aspen seedlings do not thrive in the shade, and it...
fir, and redwood. Theunderstory also contains a wide variety of herbaceous and shrub species. Temperate coniferous forests sustain the highest levels of...
forests. Understory species depends on location. Fire suppression has led to insect outbreaks in ponderosa pine forests. Ponderosa pine forest is the largest...
sometimes with an understory of broadleaf trees, ferns and shrubs. In the WWF's system, the ecoregions of the Pacific temperate rainforests are the Northern Pacific...
Carpinus caroliniana, the American hornbeam, is a small hardwood understory tree in the genus Carpinus. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech...
annual rainfall, farther from the forest edge, and closer to forest centres. They prefer forest with dense understory cover and steep slope, and they...
the typical growing season are called deciduous forests. These forests are found in many areas worldwide and have distinctive ecosystems, understory growth...