dwarf forest

[dwawrf fawr-ist]

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.

Example Sentences

It is home to a protected cloud forest at its peak and a dwarf forest.

From Washington Times

After Crater Lake and Bend I turned east on Highway 20, passing an astonishing dwarf forest of whitebark pines before the road became bleaker and emptier and finally sought sanctuary in a long shallow canyon that burrowed its way into Idaho, emerging on Interstate 84, which took me south to Boise.

From The Guardian

But they went on in no false security; for several times over they passed Indians, and were made fully aware of the fact that every mile they took was carefully watched, and that the leader of the expedition inspected no mountain shelf, cave, or patch of dwarf forest, without his acts being duly noted, though in no observant way.

From Project Gutenberg

Near by stood a grove of firs, the trees were so gnarled and stunted from their exposed position that they looked like a dwarf forest, and seemed appropriate growing there.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg