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The impact has been quite different from cyclone Larry. Before Yasi, the rejuvenating rainforest was beginning to provide some shade cover but was still very light and open in many places with lots of pioneer species creating an understorey. This time with many of the oldest and largest canopy trees gone, the saplings and younger trees are experiencing an enormous growth spurt and are providing enough shade to sufficiently inhibit the pioneer species and many of the weeds that proliferated post Larry. They are the species that will in time form part of the next canopy. We may have a jagged skyline with vine towers for a long time to come.