Synonymer & Information om | Engelska ordet KRUMMHOLZ

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• Alpine tundra transitions to sub-alpine forests below the tree line; stunted forests occurring at the forest-tundra ecotone are known as krummholz.
• Extending from 5 to 1,150 metres above sea level, the area comprises agricultural areas, river ecosystems, estuarine tidal marshes and flats, coniferous and mixed forests, stunted vegetation (krummholz) and mountain tundra ecosystems.
• Rocky Mountain bristlecone will grow in krummholz habitat at the edge of the arctic tundra, where it has the typical dwarfed and gnarled growth of these "crooked woods".
• Arborescent individuals that have narrowly conical crowns until old age (300 to 400 years) and shrubby krummholz on cold, windy sites near timberline add beauty to mountain landscapes.
• This species is found at higher elevations than all other species in this region, forming dense monospecific stands of krummholz near the tree line and near ridgetops.
• Common trees showing krummholz formation include European spruce, mountain pine, balsam fir, red spruce, black spruce, subalpine fir, subalpine larch, Engelmann spruce, whitebark pine, limber pine, bristlecone pine, and lodgepole pine.
• Near the treeline, zones can consist of white pines (such as whitebark pine or bristlecone pine); or a mixture of white pine, fir, and spruce that appear as shrub-like krummholz.
• Glacier cover is not undergoing any significant change, but the tree line is getting higher, moving up from ~4100 meters (this is for the east Hindukush specifically, not the whole Himalayan range), into the subnival region (tundra) between , marked by the appearance of stunted trees (krummholz), bush and shrubland, and taller grass in places where there was once just plains of lichen and moss.

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