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The Luzon montane rain forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The ecoregion is located on several volcanic and non-volcanic mountains of the island. Luzon is the largest and northernmost major island of the Philippines, located in the western Pacific Ocean. [2] Satellite view of the ...
Pine forest in Zambales. Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines and lies at the north of the group of islands. These pine forests are found at elevations over 1000m in the Cordillera Central mountains in the north of the island, where they are mixed in with areas of Luzon montane rain forests especially at the northern end of the range.
The Luzon rain forests encompass about 95,571 square kilometers (36,900 sq mi) out of the 109,965 sq kilometers (42,458 sq mi) of the total area of the island of Luzon. [2] Luzon is the largest and northernmost major island of the Philippines , located in the western Pacific Ocean .
The other main factor that defines the Philippine ecoregions is elevation; the high mountains of Luzon and Mindanao host distinct montane rain forest ecoregions. The mountains of Luzon are also home to the Luzon tropical pine forests.
It is the natural habitat of the dwarf bamboo (Yushania niitakayamensis) and the Benguet pine (Pinus kesiya) that dominate the areas of Luzon tropical pine forests found on the mountainsides. The Philippine yew tree , which contains a compound associated with cancer treatment, is found on Mount Pulag. [ 14 ]
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests [9] Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests [10] Luzon montane rainforests (Philippines) [11] Luzon rainforests (Philippines) [12] Luzon tropical pine forests (Philippines) [13] Mindanao montane rain forests (Philippines) [14] Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests (Philippines) [15]
The Subic Forest is a 10000 hectare national forest protected area [1] that extends from Subic Bay National Park up the northwestern volcanic slope of Mount Natib in Bataan National Park in the Philippines. The forest was part of the Subic Naval base until 1992.
Luzon tropical pine forests; M. Madrean pine–oak woodlands; Madrean Sky Islands; ... Sumatran tropical pine forests; T. Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests