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

On the steeper, shadier canyon on the eastern side, plantings reflect upper and lower montane areas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Most of the palynological studies and many studies of Pleistocene chronology deal with montane regions, either the Mexican Plateau or the mountains rising from the plateau.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.