dwarf shrub

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dwarf
adjective[before noun]
uk
/dwɔːf/us
/dwɔːrf/
very ...
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shrub
noun
uk
/ʃrʌb/us
/ʃrʌb/
a large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branches growing either directly from the ground or from a hard stem, grown ...
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(Definition ofdwarfandshrubfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Growing to 1020 cm in height, it is a strongly brancheddwarfshrub.
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The vegetation in the area is classified asdwarfshrubsavanna.
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Higher alpine regions support adwarfshrubcommunity less than 1 ft high, at a very slow rate of growth.
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Many rare plants, including two variants ofdwarfshrubheath and a western variant of moss heath, are also to be found on the reserve.
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Plants can also be categorized in terms of their "habit" as subshrubs (dwarfshrub, bush), cushion plants and succulents.
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This plant is a shrub, often adwarfshrub.
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Although it is no longer as common as it once was, it is widely distributed on the islands, and favours temperatedwarfshrubheath.
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Upland areas are usually covered with both dry and wetdwarfshrubheath and, rough and either managed or unmanaged improved grasslands.
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Ericaceous dwarf shrubs and grasses dominated the ground flora in both habitats.
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Dominant and co-dominant species, belonging to different life forms (mosses, dwarf shrubs, shrubs, grasses, lichens) were registered.
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On convex slopes and low plateaus the most common vegetation is tundra dominated by dwarf shrubs, while vegetation on concave slopes is dominated by sedges and mosses.
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Heathland vegetation consists primarily of dwarf shrubs interspersed with grasses, forming a dense vegetation canopy.
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Both animals are browsers however the elephant's diet consists of a wider variety of foraging capacity while the rhinoceros primarily sticks to dwarf shrubs.
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Sedges, dwarf shrubs, and peaty mires are normally absent.
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The grykes (crevices) provide moist shelter, thus supporting a wide range of plants including dwarf shrubs.
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The flora of the alpine tundra is characterized by dwarf shrubs close to the ground.
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They consist of rosette-forming epigeal shrubs or dwarf shrubs.
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