Larix lyallii, or alpine larch (sometimes called subalpine larch). From Wordnik.com. [Museum Blogs] Reference
It is dominated by tree species that thrive in cool, humid climates with heavy snow cover, such as subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Utah (EPA)] Reference
The subalpine zone occurs from 3,200 m to 4,170 m. From Wordnik.com. [Lorentz National Park, Indonesia] Reference
Grassy vegetation and subalpine eucalypt communities. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian Central Highland forests] Reference
Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests - Encyclopedia of Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests] Reference
Natural hybrids also are known between grand fir and subalpine fir. From Wordnik.com. [Grand fir] Reference
At higher elevations, it is seral to subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA)] Reference
Englemann spruce, subalpine fir, and aspen forests support a variety of wildlife. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Very old individual trees are commonly observed in these relict subalpine forests. From Wordnik.com. [California montane chaparral and woodlands] Reference
However, subalpine eucalypt vegetation has survived largely intact since the 1800s. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian Central Highland forests] Reference
The subalpine zone lies between the broadleaf and alpine zone at 1,300 m to 2,000 m. From Wordnik.com. [Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland] Reference
Altogether this is the richest subalpine garden I ever found, a perfect floral elysium. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
Mountains have Douglas-fir, subalpine fir, and Engelmann spruce forests and alpine areas. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Montana (EPA)] Reference
The Bieszczady mountains in the Eastern Carpathians lack the subalpine spruce forest zone. From Wordnik.com. [Carpathian montane conifer forests] Reference
The effects of increasing snowpack on a subalpine meadow in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA. From Wordnik.com. [Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation] Reference
In places unbroken sequences of native vegetation run from the coast to the subalpine zone. From Wordnik.com. [Southland temperate forests] Reference
The potential natural vegetation is mostly subalpine fir, Douglas-fir, and Engelmann spruce. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Montana (EPA)] Reference
The fauna of the site is predominantly of species adapted to subalpine and alpine conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland] Reference
Boreal forest is superseded by subalpine scrub woodlands, meadows, tundras and bear rock areas. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Komi Forests, Russian Federation] Reference
Directly below it is the subalpine zone, dominated in most places by Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Rocky Mountain Steppe - OpenWoodland - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)] Reference
subalpine fir Abies lasiocarpa dominates the upper subalpine zone, although it thins towards the treeline. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada] Reference
This is particularly the case in the foothills and lower slopes, as well as the alpine and subalpine meadows. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the mountains of Central Asia] Reference
The elevation limits of this region are similar to the crystalline (21b) and volcanic (21g) subalpine forests. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
The subalpine ecosystem occupies mountainsides between 1,800 m and 2,100 m, and valley bottoms at high elevation. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada] Reference
Ranges are covered by mountain brush, grasses (e.g. Idaho fescue), aspen groves, or forest dominated by subalpine fir. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
The High Elevation Sierra Nevada ecoregion includes subalpine forest and parkland between 7,500 and 9,500 feet elevation. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
This monkey (one of four species of "golden monkeys") is a langur (Colobinae) that is adapted to a subalpine forest habitat. From Wordnik.com. [Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests] Reference
In the subalpine zone there are widespread thickets of dwarf mountain pine Pinus mugo and Siberian juniper Juniperus sibirica. From Wordnik.com. [Pirin National Park, Bulgaria] Reference
The whole world was now craggy peaks dotted with small glaciers, distant subalpine forests and the deep valley and river below. From Wordnik.com. [To the Top of Half Dome and Beyond] Reference
These high elevation forests are important snow collection areas where water is stored in the soils and in subalpine reservoirs. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Within this zone are subalpine wet meadows, talus slope herbaceous communities, krumholz woodlands, and a few small aspen groves. From Wordnik.com. [California montane chaparral and woodlands] Reference
Mountains have Douglas-fir, subalpine fir, and Engelmann spruce forests and alpine areas; Pacific tree species are never dominant. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA)] Reference
The dense forests are dominated by Englemann spruce and subalpine fir; aspen and pockets of lodgepole pine locally dominate some areas. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
subalpine forests dominated by Englemann spruce and subalpine fir are typical, often interspersed with aspen groves or mountain meadows. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Some subalpine/montane fens are found where groundwater seepage has persistently reached the surface and supported peatland development. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Spruce-fir forests can be found in the high elevation, cool, moist sites in any of the subalpine forests ecoregions (21b, 21e, and 21g). From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
The Canada lynx, once near the brink of extinction in Colorado, is being reintroduced into the subalpine forests of the Southern Rockies. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
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