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Mosses and other epiphytes cover the trees. [1] The Central Range has the greatest diversity of species from Nothfagus subgenus Brassospora. [7] High mountain forest begins at approximately 2500 metres elevation, and extends to the tree line, in places extending to 3,900 m in the higher-elevation subalpine grasslands ecoregion.
The montane forests generally have a lower canopy than the lowland rain forests. Trees have smaller crowns, smaller glossy green leaves, and lack buttress roots. Common canopy trees include species of Nothofagus, Lithocarpus, Castanopsis, Syzygium, and Ilex, the families Lauraceae, Cunoniaceae, Myrtaceae, and Elaeocarpaceae, and various conifers.
Mountain Pine is the most common tree line species. Pyrenees Spain, France, Andorra: 42°N 2,300 7,500 Mountain Pine is the tree line species Steens Mountain, Oregon, US 42°N 2,500 8,200 Wasatch Mountains, Utah, United States 40°N 2,900 9,500 Higher (nearly 11,000 feet or 3,400 metres in the Uintas) Rocky Mountain NP, CO, United States 40°N ...
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The Central Cordillera, some peaks of which are capped with ice, consists of (from east to west): the Central Highlands and Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea including the Owen Stanley Range in the southeast, whose highest peak is Mount Victoria at 4,038 metres (13,248 feet), the Albert Victor Mountains, the Sir Arthur Gordon Range, and the Bismarck Range, [1] whose highest peak is Mount ...
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Mount Wilhelm (German: Wilhelmsberg) is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4,509 metres (14,793 ft). It is part of the Bismarck Range and the peak is the point where three provinces, Chimbu, Jiwaka and Madang, meet.
The Bewani Mountains form a mountain range in northwestern Papua New Guinea. Together with the Torricelli Mountains and Prince Alexander Mountains it forms the North Coastal Range of Papua New Guinea. [1] The highest point of the mountains is at 1,960 m. The Bewani languages and various other Papuan languages are spoken in the region.