mountain forest
Elevated tree zone
A mountain forest is woodland growing at high elevations, typically between the foothills and the treeline where conditions become too harsh for trees.
These forests often change character as altitude increases—deciduous trees giving way to conifers, then to stunted growth near the peaks: We hiked through mountain forest before reaching the alpine meadows.
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- pine needlesThin evergreen leaves
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- alpineOf high elevations
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
old growth · trail · hiking trail · moss · fir · spruce · canopy · misty · morning mist · ridge · timber · logging road · undergrowth · fern · wildlife · elk · bear · black bear
- mountain zonesalpine meadow, alpine tundra, alpine zone, treeline, timberline
- TanzaniaSerengeti, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika, ujamaa
- mountain terrainpeak, ridge, slope, gorge, pass
- lemur habitatsrainforest, Madagascar, national park, nature reserve, protected area
mountain forestvalley floor
Bottom of depression between hills
lowland · coastal forest · coastal plain · sea level · swamp forest
mountain forestdesert
To leave behind completely
sand dunes · scrubland · badlands · savanna
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