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
“There’s a good relationship between how warm and dry the vegetation is across the broader Sierra, and just how high those fires can carry up into these montane systems,” Abatzoglou said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
In response to the montane environment the subspecies obscuroides, resembling the subspecies obscurus of the Rockies, developed.
From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.
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