Grass mountain

For individual peaks with the proper name "Grass Mountain", see Grass Mountain.
The summit of the Geißstein, a grass mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps

A grass mountain (German: Grasberg) in topography is a mountain covered with low vegetation, typically in the Alps and often steep-sided.[1] The nature of such cover, which often grows particularly well on sedimentary rock, will reflect local conditions.

  1. ^ Bätzing, Werner (1997). Kleines Alpenlexikon: Umwelt, Wirtschaft, Kultur. p. 114. ISBN 978-3-4064-2005-4.