This type of vegetation found near the timberline is known as krummholz, an old German expression for crooked wood.
But other factors, like the type of vegetation and the amount of shelter, could play a role.
In a more restricted sense, tundra denotes a special type of vegetation association.
The scarcity of precipitation on the plain (less than 20 inches [500 mm] annually) produces a steppe type of vegetation.
Their decline in the latest Jurassic appears to have corresponded to a decline in this type of vegetation.
The dynamics of deep soil moisture, however, were mainly dominated by the type of vegetation.
It includes various communities and is named for the dominant type of vegetation, such as grassland or coniferous forest.
Sclerophyll, type of vegetation characterized by hard, leathery, evergreen foliage that is specially adapted to prevent moisture loss.
The type of vegetation – grass, reeds, bamboo, irises, maize, sorghum, willow, poplar – depends on their ability to break down or sequester pollutants.
Depending on the type of vegetation cover, the top few inches to several feet of ground above the permafrost thaws during the summer months.
The type of vegetation also greatly influenced the degradation state of OM.
