Wikipedia
Dwarf forest, elfin forest, or pygmy forest is a rare ecosystem featuring miniature trees, inhabited by small species of fauna such as rodents and lizards. They are usually located at high elevations, under conditions of sufficient air humidity but poor soil. There are two main dwarf forest ecosystem types, involving different species and environmental characteristics: coastal temperate and montane tropical regions. Temperate coastal dwarf forest is common for parts of Southern California. Montane tropical forests are found across tropical highlands of Central America, northern South America and Southeast Asia. There are also other isolated examples of dwarf forests scattered across the world.
Usage examples of "dwarf forest".
In another fifteen minutes or so the sun would set behind the twisted dwarf forest and the Hawaiian night would slam down with its usual abruptness.
Doris MacAran strolled through a dwarf forest, smiling as she sniffed the smells of growing vegetation.
Green dwarf forest and green-and-gold grassland, the vegetation ran downslope to surround the city on three sides.
Patricia ate lunch with Carrolson and the three Chinese, napped for half an hour, then took her slate and a camp stool across the flat to the dwarf forest, where she sat and began to make her own notes.
The slopes above Spiral Town resembled chaparral, the dwarf forest of California.
Meanwhile, the dwarf forest had grown thick enough to hide crouching men.
Those streets curved around a knob of hill covered with chaparral thickening to dwarf forest.