The Emergence Machine

Canopy

physical · Geography · Level 9 · E7

E7Ecosystems

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A layer of foliage or branches that forms the uppermost part of a forest or dense plant community.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “canopy” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “canopy”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
canopy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L3L2L1L0CanopyForestTreePlantCellEarth… intermediate l…FeatureEnvironmentFormLandActionChangeMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesUndergrowthL10CanopyL9FeatureL2EarthL3ForestL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Feature L2 (requires)
    A canopy is the uppermost layer of vegetation in a forest or dense plant community.
  • Earth L3 (requires)
    Ecosystem feature requires earth concept
  • Forest L8 (requires)
    The uppermost layer of forest consisting of the crowns of tall trees, forming a continuous or near-continuous cover.

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