Krummholz (German: krumm, "crooked, bent, twisted" and Holz, "wood") — also called knieholz ("knee timber") — is a type of stunted, deformed vegetation...

millennia, the tree appeared in a stunted shrub formation (also known as a krummholz formation) due to the harsh extremes of the environment in which it lives...

montane forest, the trees thin out in the subalpine zone, become twisted krummholz, and eventually fail to grow. Therefore, montane forests often contain...

David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor. Krumholtz is best known for portraying Bernard in The Santa Clause franchise (1994–present),...

Although at high elevations taiga grades into alpine tundra through Krummholz, it is not exclusively an alpine biome, and unlike subalpine forest, much...

line; stunted forests occurring at the forest-tundra ecotone are known as krummholz. With increasing elevation it ends at the snow line where snow and ice...

Higher-elevation subalpine forests are characterized by Norway spruce (Picea abies). Krummholz and alpine meadows occur above the treeline. Wildlife in the Carpathians...

sparse, stunted, and deformed by wind and cold. This is sometimes known as krummholz (German for "crooked wood").: 58  The tree line often appears well-defined...

highest altitude wildlife protected area in India Sub-tropical to Alpine, Krummholz (stunted forest) Mouling National Park Upper Siang, West Siang and East...

Prostrate growth form to avoid wind/salt spray (Abronia spp., Beach Primrose) Krummholz growth form (Monterrey Cypress-not a dune plant but deals with similar...