Undergrowth vs. Overgrowth — What's the Difference?

Undergrowth usually refers to the vegetation in the lower part of a forest, which can obstruct passage through the forest. The height of undergrowth is usually considered to be 0.3 – 3 m (1 – 9 ft.).

A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else

Shrubs, saplings, and herbaceous plants growing beneath trees in a forest.

A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.

The condition of being less than fully grown.

An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.

The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).

Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.

That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees.

Excessive growth.

The brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest

A growth that has covered somethin over.

Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland

A profusion of growth on or over something else