Crown

• Title

  Crown

• Definition

  The top of a tree; i.e., all but the trunk.

• Notes

  Do not confuse crown with canopy, the latter is the combination of all of the crowns in the principal stratum in forests. There are more strata in tropical than there are in temperate forests.

• Related Terms

  Canopy tree layer

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