NALT

Preferred term

treeline

Topic

A zone where the normal growth of trees is limited; cold temperatures often combined with drought form the upper or arctic treeline, and drought combined with hot temperatures form lower or arid treeline.

vegetation types

subalpine forests

timberline

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

38184

Spanish

límite arbóreo

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/66040

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 8/19/13