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Lying or passing under a mountain or range of mountains.

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  • There are a few montane species and a number of submontane species in its flora.
  • Vegetation undergoes a gradual transition from submontane forests, to lowland forests.
  • Most of the island's lowland and submontane forests are dominated by dipterocarp species.
  • Cryptocarya gregsonii and the palm Hedyscepe canterburyana dominate the submontane forest.
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