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prettygoodwordkrummholz (KROOM-hohlts) - n., a forest of stunted trees near the timberline.
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Can be at either subalpine or subarctic tree lines, though given the obvious German nature of the word it probably won't surprise you that it was the former originally. The stunting comes from the icy winds of winter, preventing trees from growing tall without shelter. In German, Krummholz is literally "crooked/bent wood."
---L.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Can be at either subalpine or subarctic tree lines, though given the obvious German nature of the word it probably won't surprise you that it was the former originally. The stunting comes from the icy winds of winter, preventing trees from growing tall without shelter. In German, Krummholz is literally "crooked/bent wood."
---L.
