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Montane & Cloud Forest Gallery

To see a larger version of each image, please click on its thumbnail. The larger images also contain caption information on the photographs, and a reference number for each one.

Cloud forest at 2,300 metres, Genesis II Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
CR0301802
View up oak tree (Quercus copeyensis) in cloud forest at 2,300 metres, Genesis II Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
CR0311102
Tree ferns (Cyathea atrox) at 3,200 metres, Pindaunde Valley, Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea
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Backlit frond of a hapu‘u tree fern (Cibotium chamissoi) in cloud forest at 1,200 metres, Kamakou Preserve, Moloka‘i, Hawaii, USA
HA005/10/02
Cloud forest at 1,100 metres, near the summit of Cerro Pirre, Darien National Park, Panama
PA0280301
Tree in cloud forest at 2,700 metres on the slopes of Nyiragongo Volcano, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo World Heritage Site
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Chonta palms (Geonoma weberbaueri) in cloud forest, 3,000 metres, Carpanta Biological Reserve, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. This species of palm is growing here at a higher elevation than any other palm in the world.
CO0100103
Fronds of chonta palm (Geonoma weberbaueri) in cloud forest, 3,000 m., Carpanta Biological Reserve, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. This species of palm is growing here at a higher elevation than any other palm in the world.
CO0090904
Moss-covered trees in cloud forest at 2,000 metres, Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
EC0240203
Moss-covered ohia trees (Metrosideros polymorpha) in cloud forest at 1,200 metres, Kamakou Preserve, Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA
HA004/20/02
Epiphyte-covered oak tree (Quercus corrugata) in cloud forest at 1,650 metres, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
CR0170103
Backlit leaf of cecropia tree (Cecropia obtusifolia) in cloud forest at 1,500 metres, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
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Cloud forest at 1,500 metres, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
CR0130202
Fronds of palm (Prestoea acuminata) & tree fern (Cyathea sp.) in cloud forest at 1,500 metres, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
CR0121804
Palm frond and trees in fog in montane forest at 1,800 metres, El Avila National Park, Federal District, Venezuela
VE0151403
Mexican beech (Fagus grandifolia var. mexicana) (left) and oaks (Quercus laurina) (centre and right) in mesophyll montane forest at 1,850 metres. Mesa de la Yerba, near Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
ME0161804
Cloud forest at 2,000 metres, Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
EC0241201
Tree fern (Cyathea contaminans) and montane forest at 1,200 metres, beside Lake Tamblingan, Bali, Indonesia
IN0460303
‘Ama’u ferns (Sadleria cyatheoides), ohia trees (Metrosideros polymorpha ) and hapu’u tree fern (Cibotium glaucum) in cloud forest at 1,100 metres, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA. World Heritage Site
HA0151403
Moss-covered gaque tree (Clusia sp.) in cloud forest at 3,000 metres, Carpanta Biological Reserve, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
CO0081203
Moss-covered trees in cloud forest at 2,800 metres on Wian Mountain, Baliem Valley area, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia
IN0470301
Moss-covered trees in cloud forest at 1,170 metres, on the north slope of Montaņa Jala, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
SP0020804

This is just a small sampling of the many images I have of Montane & Cloud Forest in my files - if you have a specific subject which isn't covered here, please contact me as I may well have it in my files.

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