shrubification

Questions

What does shrubification mean?

The proliferation of shrubs in a landscape formerly dominated by plants such as grasses and mosses, especially seen in the tundra as a result of global warming.

Where does shrubification come from?

shrub + -ification

How to pronounce shrubification

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