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  • Epiphytes<br />
Cloud Forest<br />
Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Bromeliad family
    10151209_Epiphytes_35.jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP4052 Rainforest Canopy from treet...jpg
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)<br />
St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20120426_Spanish_Moss_19_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Cattleya nobilis Orchid<br />
Northern Pantanal<br />
Mato Grosso<br />
Brazil
    20140903_Cattleya_nobilis_Orchid_2.jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP925 Rainforest Canopy from treeto...jpg
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)<br />
St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20120426_Spanish_Moss_94_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)<br />
Cannon's Point, St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20120426_Spanish_Moss_2_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)<br />
Cannon's Point, St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20120426_Spanish_Moss_13_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP943 Rainforest Canopy from treeto...jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP907 Rainforest Canopy from treeto...jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP1337 Rainforest Canopy from treet...jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP1262 Rainforest Canopy from treet...jpg
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)<br />
St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20120426_Spanish_Moss_36_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)<br />
St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20120426_Spanish_Moss_55_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP1287 Rainforest Canopy from treet...jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP946 Rainforest Canopy from treeto...jpg
  • View over Rainforest Canopy from top of Ceibo Tree.<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP901 Rainforest Canopy from treeto...jpg
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)<br />
St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20120426_Spanish_Moss_16_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing upon Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)<br />
Cannon's Point, St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA
    20120426_Spanish_Moss_2_©Pete_Oxford.jpg
  • 'Los Gemelos' or The Twins are two 'pit-craters' in the Highlands of Santa Cruz Island. These are empty magma chambers that collapsed in on themselves due to the weight of overlying rocks. <br />
Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
The highland zone consists of lush evergreen forest. This is due to the mist or 'garúa' that the cool trade winds bring from the southeast. Between 300 and 700 meters is a zone dominated by a single tree species - (Scalesia), an endemic genus of the daisy or sunflower family. These trees can reach heights of up to 10 meters. At higher altitudes in this zone there are trees such as cat's claw (Zanthoxylum fagara) and shrubs such as milkberry (Chiococca alba) the most distinctive change is the abundance of epiphytes. These are plants such as mosses, liverworts, bromeliads and vines that cling to others but are not parasites. The dense growth of brown mosses has given the name 'brown zone' to the habitat above the scalasia forest. Above this 'brown zone' another plant the (Miconia) has given its name to the zone. Sadly this plant is severely endangered due to fires and human activity. Above this habitat are few trees and the eroded uplands are covered in ferns, sedges and grasses. This habitat is known as the pampa.
    1G1990_Los_Gemelos_Pit-craters.tif
  • Vegetation in Highlands of Santa Cruz Island.<br />
Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
The highland zone consists of lush evergreen forest. This is due to the mist or 'garúa' that the cool trade winds bring from the southeast. Between 300 and 700 meters is a zone dominated by a single tree species - (Scalesia), an endemic genus of the daisy or sunflower family. These trees can reach heights of up to 10 meters. At higher altitudes in this zone there are trees such as cat's claw (Zanthoxylum fagara) and shrubs such as milkberry (Chiococca alba) the most distinctive change is the abundance of epiphytes. These are plants such as mosses, liverworts, bromeliads and vines that cling to others but are not parasites. The dense growth of brown mosses has given the name 'brown zone' to the habitat above the scalasia forest. Above this 'brown zone' another plant the (Miconia) has given its name to the zone. Sadly this plant is severely endangered due to fires and human activity. Above this habitat are few trees and the eroded uplands are covered in ferns, sedges and grasses. This habitat is known as the pampa.
    GAL2624_Highland_zone_vegetation.jpg
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