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But by noon, I had topped out in the moss-draped montane forest, a land of lichens and ferns and orchids and graced with sunshine.

The ecosystem types the scientists analyzed -- desert, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, montane wet forest, mixed riparian woodland and mixed conifer broadleaf forest -- cover about 70% of California's land area.

In West Africa, Perret's montane chameleon is endangered and the rhinoceros viper is vulnerable.

On the steeper, shadier canyon on the eastern side, plantings reflect upper and lower montane areas.

These species of the genus Thorius inhabit nooks in Mexico’s montane forests.