It grows in shaded habitat in forests.

Flowering year-round, the plant is found in various shaded, damp habitats all over Asia and the Americas.

It is endemic to California, where it grows in shaded habitat in certain mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada.

Adult Karner blue butterfly females are more likely to use shaded habitats than males.

Larvae in shaded habitat apparently have an advantage over those in open areas.

The increase in larvae in shaded habitats is likely due to effects of shade on wild lupine.

Colouration does vary considerably however and eastern freshwater cod from dark, heavily shaded habitats can be very dark or almost black in colour.

They grow on bark or rocks, generally in shaded habitats.

(Araneae, Stiphidiidae): a large New Zealand spider from wet, shaded habitats.

It favours moist and shaded habitat, and often forms small, sometimes circular, colonies whose leaves lie against the ground.