A dry area where few plants grow is called a desert.
Tundra or Desert.
desert
dessert
Arid environments or environments where there is very little rainfall can be difficult for plants to thrive in. Some plants have adapted to retain water and survive on very little.
The place on Earth with the least amount of recorded rainfall is the Dry Valley in Antarctica.
Rainfall is very important in determination climate of a place .If there is no rainfall plants will not grow moderate temperature 25 to 35 C there is no rainfall become barren turn into a desert
because there is very hot or very cold climates with very little water and rainfall, it is hard for animals and plants to survive
A general term would be a desert. Antarctic could be called a desert due to little rainfall, and very little plants, except near the coast during the slight summer thaw season (which is still cold).
The roots absorb capillary water from the soil to the plants. Thus a very little water in the soil may help these roots to obtain water from there.
Deserts receive little rainfall.
very little rainfall
Arctic and antarctic regions
A Desert.
One characteristic of a desert ecosystem is that there is very little rainfall and what rainfall does come does not do so with regularity. Other characteristics include very dry soil with few nutrients and wide temperature ranges between day and night.
The effect of very little rainfall on food production means less food. Many crops will not survive without adequate rainfall. This could drive prices up on the small crop that is left.