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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

treeline

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition: 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.
Definition Source: National Vegetation Classification Standard, USGS
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/66040.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/66040
Used For: timberline
Broader Term: vegetation types
Related Term: subalpine forests
Spanish: límite arbóreo
Term Number: 66040

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