cloud forest

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Noun

cloud forest (plural cloud forests)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• fog forest

Derived terms

• cloud forest frog, cloud forest land frog (Strabomantidae spp.)
• cloud forest stream frog (Ptychohyla euthysanota)
• cloud forest tree frog (Megastomatohyla nubicola)

References

• cloud forest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:cloud forests on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons