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

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 Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Arndt, Margaret

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

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

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

From Fire-Tongue by Rohmer, Sax

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