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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dwarf forest

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

At last, the perpendicular walls were further back, the valley grew V-shaped, and patches of dwarf forest grew visible high up.

From To The West by Fenn, George Manville

The dense brown line of the trees on the opposite bank appeared above it, like a dwarf forest floating in the sky.

From The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie

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

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)