dwarf forest

American  

[dwawrf fawr-ist] / ˈdwɔrf ˌfɔr ɪst /

noun

1. Ecology. a wooded area where trees are small or stunted because of low temperatures, lack of moisture, thin or poor-quality soil, etc.

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Example Sentences

At last we came to the high, lonely ridge, the dwarf forest, the huge, couchant bulk of Spy Rock.

From The Blue Flower by Van Dyke, Henry

About a fortnight after these events Stephen received a visitor upon the uplands, where he was seeking a lamb that had strayed into a dwarf forest of gorse-bushes, and was bleating piteously in its bewilderment.

From Fern's Hollow by Stretton, Hesba

His face was set toward the cliff, where, sheer out of the dwarf forest, rose, gigantic and gilded by the sun, the trees of pride.

From The Trees of Pride by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Venomous green slopes beyond them again, a fringe of dwarf forest, and the brazen skyline.

From Fire-Tongue by Rohmer, Sax

A few yards ahead of us, through the crowded trunks of the dwarf forest, I saw a gray mass, like the wall of a fortress, across our path.

From The Blue Flower by Van Dyke, Henry