Augu kopās augi ir pielāgojušies augšanai dažādos apstākļos. Viens no pielāgojumiem meža augiem ir to izvietojums pa stāviem.
 
Augšējo stāvu veido visgarāko koku vainagi. Tie saņem visvairāk gaismas.
 
Āra bērzs
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Parastā kļava
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Melnalksnis
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alnus-glutinosa-ha-atal.png
Parastā apse
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Parastais ozols
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Parastā priede
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Parastā egle
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Atsauce:
Attēli no: http://www.plantsystematics.org/users/jdelaet/1_6_06_9/oeploa87/nP4231082.JPG
http://www.chewvalleytrees.co.uk/images/products/Betula-pendula--3.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Betula_pendula_-_Friedrichsthal-Bildstock-FMT_-_20101001-01.jpeg
http://www.floralimages.co.uk/images/a/acer_platanoides_972.jpg
http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Bilder-A-F/Acer-platanoides-1.jpg
http://plants.makeitgreen.ca/Content/Images/Photos/A247-18.jpg
http://warehouse1.indicia.org.uk/upload/Alder,%20(Alnus%20glutinosa)%20%20Marsh%20near%20Old%20Fosse%20Sapcote%20SP%204950%209207%20(taken%2027.8.2007).JPG
http://newfs.s3.amazonaws.com/taxon-images-1000s1000/Betulaceae/alnus-glutinosa-ha-atal.jpg
http://www.rbge.org.uk/assets/images/gardens/edinburgh/Season_highlights/August_2009/Populus%20maximowiczii%2019241015%20006.jpg
http://www.fattoriasantavittoria.net/coltivazione_tartufi/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Quercus-robur-4.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Pinus_sylvestris_branch.jpg
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/20/46/204608_916393f6.jpg
http://www.lekove.bg/userfiles/article_hp_images/585/83c9c826eb62161e8037617dd7cf2102.jpg
http://swbiodiversity.org/imglib/seinet/Pinaceae/Picea-engelmannii-SL-web-.jpg