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

The country, as yesterday, was undulating, and covered with a dwarf forest; but the trees were thicker, and the ground was covered with dried herbage, mostly karengia.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

It is made into hoes, which are sold for native cloths down the Loangwa. 3rd December, 1866.—March through a hilly country covered with dwarf forest to Kandé's village, still on the Lokuzhwa.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace

This was bad to traverse, but it was worse when they came to a muskeg where dwarf forest had once covered what was now a swamp.

From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold

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

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