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

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

From Fire-Tongue by Rohmer, Sax

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

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

We are now near the Loangwa country, covered with a dense dwarf forest, and the people collected in stockades.

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

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