It is very good for our ecosystem and specifically insect habitat, to have plants underneath the canopy of trees instead of just mulch. Insects live off of the leaves and bark of the tree and when they are ready to pupate they dropped down into the plants underneath the tree. Here is an easy full shade/partial shade planting: - Create a base layer called a matrix. every 12 inches plant a Pennsylvania Sedge or Carex Albicans or some other sedge that is native near you. - in between the edges, try

Curator Zack Explains What Goes Into an Insect Habitat