Saproxylic species feed on the remains of these organisms. Specialist natural enemies of these organisms stabilize communities containing many species of them in the Janzen–Connell hypothesis. These organisms only reproduce after a disturbance in the most common example of fire-mediated serotiny. The final seres (“sears”) and the climax community are dominated by these organisms at the (*) highest stratozone at the end of ecological succession. These organisms form communities called stands. The emergent layer emerges above these organisms, which cannot live north of a line of latitude or above a line of elevation that demarcates the boundary between taiga and tundra. For 10 points, name these terrestrial plants that form the canopy of a forest. ■END■
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 11% | 0% | 82.23 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Halpern-Smith | Belmont | Canyon Crest | 40 | 20 |
| Aatreyo Bhattacharyya | Mira Loma | Thomas Jefferson D | 40 | 0 |
| Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Parkway West | 40 | 20 |
| Ian Lu | Hunter A | Irvington A | 40 | 20 |
| Karl Barnickol | Walter Payton | Northmont B | 54 | 20 |
| Yash Saxena | Maggie Walker A | Rockford Auburn A | 55 | 0 |
| Braden Booth | Dallas County | Johns Creek B | 56 | 10 |
| Claudio Bastiani-Fonck | Winston Churchill B | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 62 | 10 |
| Javik Hodson | Moberly | Stevenson A | 62 | 10 |
| Sohum Sukhatankar | St. Mark's | Innovation Academy A | 66 | 10 |
| Eleanor Heydt | Midtown | Carbondale | 68 | 0 |
| Andrew Shi | Thomas Jefferson A | Woodland | 68 | 10 |
| Joseph Chen | Richard Montgomery | Northmont A | 68 | 10 |
| Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Johns Creek A | 68 | 10 |
| Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | Innovation Academy B | 73 | 10 |
| Liam Reed | Maggie Walker C | Carl Sandburg | 74 | 10 |
| Brady Laughlin | West Point | Chattahoochee A | 75 | 10 |
| Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 75 | 10 |
| Aarushi Kanigicherla | Thomas Jefferson C | Plymouth | 75 | 0 |
| Will Carstens | Detroit Catholic Central A | Belvidere | 75 | 0 |
| Andy Yu | Winston Churchill A | Rockford Auburn B | 83 | 10 |
| Bryce Cruise | Heights | University Lab | 84 | 0 |
| Miles Sierra | Waukee | Hinsdale Central | 84 | 10 |
| Sarah Dong | Solon | Maggie Walker B | 84 | 10 |
| Jonah Hubert | Dunbar | Barrington A | 86 | 10 |
| Anvith Vanukuri | William Fremd | Hunter B | 88 | 10 |
| Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Choate Rosemary Hall | 90 | 10 |
| Charlie Bork | Elkhorn North | New Brighton | 90 | 10 |
| Adam Hartz | John Adams B | Detroit Catholic Central B | 90 | 10 |
| Dylan Reid | Mexico | Lincoln-Way East | 90 | 10 |
| Michael Carey | Hoover B | Saint Joseph | 92 | 10 |
| Ella Sheffield | Mercer County | Stevenson B | 94 | 10 |
| Alec Riso | Thomas Jefferson B | Washington | 95 | 10 |
| Shreyas Singh | University Lab | Heights | 102 | 10 |
| Owen Willenborg | Norman | Barrington B | 112 | 10 |
| David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Detroit Catholic Central A | 112 | 10 |
| Ryan Dai | Carbondale | Midtown | 113 | 10 |
| Aneesh Swaminathan | Plymouth | Thomas Jefferson C | 113 | 10 |
| Alex Crowell | Rockford Auburn A | Maggie Walker A | 113 | 10 |
| Sanjay Ranjith | Thomas Jefferson D | Mira Loma | 113 | 10 |
| Mason Severson | Norris | John Adams A | 113 | 10 |