Abstract
A consideration of all forms of thickets, from arctic tundra to alpine shrub, from temperate mâquis to tropic jungle, leads to the conclusion that among the numerous climatic and edaphic factors which are characteristic of thicket areas of large extent, only one is common to all, and that one is responsible for the dwarfing of thicket plants, and for the compact grouping and uniform height of the thicket association. The responsible factor is a desiccating wind. It dwarfs the scrub oaks and pines on the plains of New Jersey, as it does the Clusia trees on Caribbean mountains, and gives to the association the uniform height which is so characteristic of extensive thickets the world over.
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