montane
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But by noon, I had topped out in the moss-draped montane forest, a land of lichens and ferns and orchids and graced with sunshine.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
The ecosystem types the scientists analyzed -- desert, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, montane wet forest, mixed riparian woodland and mixed conifer broadleaf forest -- cover about 70% of California's land area.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2023
In West Africa, Perret's montane chameleon is endangered and the rhinoceros viper is vulnerable.
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2022
Rue estimates that over 40 percent of major U.S. rivers have montane headwaters potentially contaminated by either mine-related heavy metals or natural sources of them.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2021
In the montane habitats of the Cordillera Volcánica, 45 species of amphibians and reptiles are known; 34 species have been found in the Sierra de Coalcomán.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
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