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| Description: This summarizes the processes involved in thermal regulation by a cushion plant. As a consequence of these processes, cushion plants are often warmer than the surrounding air and than plants with other growth forms. For example, Yngvar Gauslaa (1984), has documented the thermal consequences of the cushion growth form. He found that while the temperature of plants with an open growth form closely matches air temperature, the temperature of cushion plants can be over 10°C higher than air temperature.
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