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Elfin Forest is an unincorporated foothill residential community and census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California, United States. The community is located southwest of Escondido and according to the USGS it is located in the Escondido ZIP code of 92029.
Dwarf forest, elfin forest, or pygmy forest is an uncommon ecosystem featuring miniature trees, inhabited by small species of fauna such as rodents and lizards. They are usually located at high elevations, under conditions of sufficient air humidity but poor soil.
The Elfin Forest Natural Area is a nature preserve protecting a unique plant community in Los Osos-Baywood, San Luis Obispo County, central California. [1] It consists of prehistoric sand dunes, rising 150 feet (46 m) above southern Morro Bay , on the north of Los Osos-Baywood.
The Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests (NT0121) is an ecoregion in the eastern range of the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. The ecoregion covers the eastern slopes of the Andes, and includes montane forest that rises from the Amazonian rain forest, with cloud forest and elfin forest at higher elevations.
The Mt. St. Catherine Forest Reserve is further representative of lowland rainforest and lower montane cloud forest, [6] with its highland vegetation of dense tree growth comprising forest formations of Sierra palm, transitional and tall cloud forest, and Elfin/Sierra palm cloud forest, [7] laden with ferns, mosses and other epiphytes and typical stunted woodland growth at higher exposed ...
Elfin forest or dwarf forest is a type of ecosystem featuring miniature trees. Elfin forest may also refer to: Elfin Forest, California, unincorporated community in ...
At the highest elevations, near the top of Cerro de Punta, Cerro Maravilla and similar peaks, grows the Bosque enano forest, also known as dwarf forest, cloud forest, elfin forest and moss forest. This forest type is composed of very dense stands of small, stunted trees and shrubs.
The Upper montane elfin forest and scrub is found above 2000–2400 m. It consists of low mossy forests of dwarfed trees, including Clusia multiflora, Weinmannia spp., and Prumnopitys harmsiana, as well as open scrublands dominated by Libanothamnus neriifolius.