Talk:Tree line

Antarctic treeline
The article claims that the lack of trees on South Georgia and other sub-antarctic islands is due to exposure and not to the Antarctic treeline. This is not correct, Grytviken (old whaling station) on South Georgia is far too cold in summer to host any trees. The warmest month, February, has a 24-hr average of 5.4 centigrades; a 24-hr average of at least 10 centigrades is needed. South Georgia is thus tundra, and well beyond the Antarctic treeline, see this link here.

Is there any location in Tierra del Fuego where the Antarctic treeline occurs on land? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.121.102.136 (talk) 22:35, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Well my answer would be yes. Moreover, the Auckland Islands in New Zealand have trees (mainly Metrosideros umbellata) inland but tndra near the coasts. 霎起林野间 (talk) 02:37, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

"Treeline" or "tree line"?
Christian Körner, an expert on this ecotone, just pinged me on my talk page, saying that this article should be titled "treeline", not "tree line". What do other editors think? — hike395 (talk) 12:12, 30 October 2022 (UTC)


 * A search of scientific papers via Google Scholar shows 48,500 results for "treeline" and 87,000 results for "tree line": I am reluctant to change unless there is some strong evidence the other way. — hike395 (talk) 18:17, 6 November 2022 (UTC)