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Friday, January 4, 2013

Cloud Forest

Cloud Forest by sachinvijayan
Cloud Forest, a photo by sachinvijayan on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Cloud Forest:
A cloud forest, also called a fog forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level. Cloud forests often exhibit an abundance of mosses covering the ground and vegetation, in which case they are also referred to as mossy forests. Mossy forests usually develop on the saddles of mountains, where moisture introduced by settling clouds is more effectively retained.
For more reading:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_forest

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