They’re also home to forests of lesser-known but critically important polylepis – known as “cloud trees.” Growing up to 5,000 meters above sea level, they are the highest-altitude trees in ...
The trees that grow here ... Over the past few decades, Dhofar’s cloud forest has lost approximately 70% of its original tree cover. Without urgent action, the mountains’ ability to capture ...
where ancient trees stand tall against slopes covered in rare plants, and creatures not found anywhere else in the world call home. Experts call them cloud forests, and they only occur at ...
THE “cloud forest” of Monteverde ... what a visitor should hear is the constant drip of moisture falling from the trees. Instead, it is the sound of dead branches snapping underfoot that ...
Michelle Peters Imagine winding through a forest that touches the clouds with its strikingly tall trees that wrap you ... What's more, Monteverde Cloud Forest is home to more than 2% of the ...