Sierra Nevada lower montane forest - Wikipedia
The Sierra Nevada lower montane forest is a plant community along a strip along the western and eastern edges of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. This zone is also known as a yellow pine forest. [1] Moving southward, the elevation range of the lower montane forest grows.
Lower montane rainforest - Rainforest Journal
2014年10月27日 · In tropical regions, lower montane forest refers to the rainforest on mountain slopes that are distinctly different from the lowland rainforest that covers the plains, flatlands, and low hills.
Montane Forests - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks (U.S.
2023年10月16日 · Learn about the diverse and complex mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada, where giant sequoias, ponderosa pines, red firs, and lodgepole pines grow. Find out how fire, climate change, and human activities affect these forests and their wildlife.
Montane ecosystems - Wikipedia
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains and include forests, grasslands, shrublands and alpine tundra. Learn about the life zones, climates, flora and fauna, and human impacts of montane ecosystems around the world.
Life Zones | Yosemite Field Station - University of California, Merced
2023年7月17日 · Learn about the six distinct biotic zones from the foothills to the alpine in the Sierra Nevada mountains, including the lower and upper montane forests. Find out the characteristics, plants, and animals of each zone, and how they adapt to …
Plants - Yosemite National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
2023年8月22日 · The lower montane forest encompasses 166,000 acres (87,200 ha) and can be seen in Yosemite Valley and along the Wawona, Hetch Hetchy, and Big Oak Flat Roads. This red fir forest is part of the upper montane vegetation zone.
Ecology of the Sierra Nevada - Wikipedia
In the southern Sierra, the lower montane forest occurs between 3,000 to 5,000 feet (900 to 1,500 m), but can range as high as 6,000 feet (1,800 m), with ponderosa pine dominating the landscape. Unlike further north, the geology of the southern lower montane forest is dominated by granite.
Central Rocky Mountain Mesic Lower Montane Forest
The Central Rocky Mountain Mesic Lower Montane Forest is found in the interior of the low mountainous regions of the Pacific Northwest, east of the southern Cascade Range along the eastern Cascades to the Columbia River; from the interior of British Columbia southward to eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana ...
Montane Forest Vegetation in the Southwest - U.S. National Park Service
2016年10月5日 · Learn about the four forest types of montane forests in the American Southwest: ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, spruce-fir, and quaking aspen. Compare their site conditions, tree species, stand structure, fire regime, and historical and current changes.
In this chapter we focus on montane forest ecosystems in California’s Sierra Nevada, Klamath, Cascade, Coastal, Tra-verse, and Peninsular Ranges. These forests often border, at lower elevations, warmer, drier ecosystems that include oak-savanna and chaparral (see Chapters 24, “Chaparral,” and 25, “Oak Woodlands”).
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