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24-09-2004, 02:13 PM
Phred
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(Iris Cohen) wrote:
In some areas, there are pygmy forests where soils or environmental
conditions limit mature tree height to well below 10 feet. They are still trees
but might better be described as pygmy trees or dwarfed trees.
There are areas in the rainforests like that. They are called elfin forest. In
the dry areas of California, it is called chaparral. In the countries around
the Mediterranean, it is called maqui.
There are areas of "heath" vegetation on mountain slopes here in NE Oz
where combinations of poor soil, restricted water, and high wind, have
created dwarf forests of nornal tree species. For example, I recall
an area on an exposed ridge near Lakeland (SW of Cooktown) where
_Eucalyptus_ species were seeding at below knee height.
Cheers, Phred.
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