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