# Forest, Dry Sclerophyll (DSF)

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/forest,-dry-sclerophyll-(dsf)
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

a [forest](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/forest "a closed community dominated by trees which have flat-topped crowns and long boles.") in which xeromorphic shrubs form a continuous or discontinuous layer below the trees.

## Related terms

- [Xeromorph](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/xeromorph)