Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

The Santa Marta montane forests lie above 500–800 meters elevation. The montane forests are separated from other moist forests by the lower-elevation dry forests and xeric shrublands, and have large numbers of endemic species. The montane forests ecoregion has several distinct plant communities, distinguished by altitude and rainfall; moist lowland forests cover the windward northern and western flanks of the range between 500 and 900 meters elevation, and the drier eastern and southern flanks from 800 to 1000 meters elevation. Above 900 meters elevation is a transitional forest zone of smaller trees and palms. Cloud forests occur above 1000 meters elevation; the Sub-Andean forests from 1000-1150 to 2500 meters elevation form a canopy 25–35 meters tall, while the higher-elevation Andean forests, between 2500 and 3300 meters elevation, grow to 15–20 meters in height.

• Date: 2012
• Photographer: melivea01: gallery
• Uploaded: 23rd Jan 2012
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