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krummholz|ˈkrʌmhɒlts|
[G. krummholz crooked wood, the popular name of a dwarf pine, Pinus mugo var. pumilio, adopted as the name for a particular type of vegetation by A. Grisebach in Vegetation der Erde (1872) II. xxiii. 488.]
= elfin-wood (elfin n. 4).
[1903: see elfin n. 4.] 1908Bot. Gaz. XLV. 334 The Krummholz is composed of two trees only... In its Krummholz form it [sc. Pinus flexilis] assumes the most fantastic shapes. 1942R. Peattie Friendly Mountains 162 The upper part of the spruce slope dwindles to a ‘scrub’ forest, or ‘krummholz’. 1964Gleason & Cronquist Nat. Geogr. Plants ix. 101 (caption) Dense, stunted growth of the sort here shown is known as Krummholz. 1967Jrnl. Glaciol. VI. 820 Shading by krummholz spruce and fir, blueberry and willow. |