cloudforest
Mist-shrouded tropical highlands
A cloudforest is a tropical or subtropical mountain forest characterized by persistent low-level cloud cover, which keeps the environment perpetually moist.
The constant fog supports dense vegetation and abundant mosses, ferns, and epiphytes clinging to every surface.
Cloudforests are biodiversity hotspots but increasingly threatened by climate change, which pushes cloud levels higher.
Also spelled as two words: cloud forest.
Overhead protective covering
- epiphytesPlants growing on others
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- mossesSmall spore-bearing plants
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
bromeliads · orchids · humidity · rainfall · microclimate · watershed · condensation · precipitation
Tropical flowering plants
- bromeliadsTropical plants, often epiphytic
- epiphytesPlants growing on others
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
- mossesSmall spore-bearing plants
lichens · liverworts · philodendrons · begonias · palms · bamboo · laurels · oaks
Fine airborne moisture
ethereal · mysterious · veiled · hazy · overcast · moisture · dew · wisps
Costa Rican nature reserve
- AndesSouth American western range
- HimalayanOf Asia's highest range
- EthiopianFrom Africa's oldest nation
- BorneoSoutheast Asian mega-island
Papua · Ecuador · Colombia · Peru · montane · altitude · elevation · slopes
Tropical bird or currency
- hummingbirdsTiny hovering nectar feeders
- toucansLarge-billed tropical birds
- slothsExtremely slow arboreal mammals
- jaguarsNew World big cats
ocelots · tapirs · salamanders · butterflies · beetles · bats · coatis · peccaries
canopy
Overhead protective covering
- epiphytesPlants growing on others
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- mossesSmall spore-bearing plants
ferns · bromeliads · orchids · humidity · rainfall · microclimate · watershed · condensation · precipitation · montane
orchids
Tropical flowering plants
- bromeliadsTropical plants, often epiphytic
- epiphytesPlants growing on others
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
mosses · lichens · liverworts · philodendrons · begonias · palms · bamboo · laurels · oaks · cedars
mist
Fine airborne moisture
shrouded · ethereal · mysterious · veiled · hazy · overcast · moisture · dew · wisps · cool
Monteverde
Costa Rican nature reserve
- AndesSouth American western range
- HimalayanOf Asia's highest range
- EthiopianFrom Africa's oldest nation
Borneo · Papua · Ecuador · Colombia · Peru · montane · altitude · elevation · slopes · ridges
quetzal
Tropical bird or currency
- hummingbirdsTiny hovering nectar feeders
- toucansLarge-billed tropical birds
- slothsExtremely slow arboreal mammals
jaguars · ocelots · tapirs · salamanders · butterflies · beetles · bats · coatis · peccaries · endemic
cloudforestdesert
To leave behind completely
chaparral · badlands · sand dunes · dry forest · steppe
cloudforestbarren landscape
Terrain devoid of vegetation
bare rock · tundra · salt flat · sand dunes · badlands
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