As used in this manual, a layer of vegetation in forested plant communities that consists of woody vines The term may also be applied to a given species
or liane Any of various long-stemmed, woody vines, especially of tropical rain forests, that are rooted in the soil and climb or twine around other plants as they grow upward. Lianas often form a tangled network, up to 330 ft (100 m) high, around and among the trees that support them
Species of plant that uses the support of wood plants to elevate its leaves above the forest canopy
Vine-like climbing plant that grows by supporting itself on others and that roots in the ground, germinating there and maintaining its contact with the soil (also spelled 'liane')