What is Cloud forest?
[[File:Cloud forest mount kinabalu.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Tree fern]]s in a cloud forest on [[Mount Kinabalu]], [[Borneo]]]] [[File:costa rica santa elena skywalk.jpg|thumb|250px|right|One of the hanging bridges of the sky walk at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in [[Costa Rica]]]] A '''cloud forest''' or '''fog forest''' is a [[tropical]] or [[subtropical]], contains mostly [[evergreen]] trees, and is high up on a [[montane|mountain]]. There is a large amount of water in the air. Cloud forests have cloud cover for much of the year, usually at the same height as the [[Canopy (biology)|canopy]], the place where the trees' branches meet. Cloud forests often have [[moss]]es covering the ground and large plants. such '''mossy forests''' usually grow on the saddles of mountains, where the wind cannot blow away moisture from clouds.<ref>Clarke C.M. 1997. ''Nepenthes of Borneo''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, p. 29.</ref> Cloud forests grow from 500 to 4000 meters above [[sea level]]. Usually, they grow where the fog is right at the level where the plants grow, so there is less sunlight to burn away the [[mist]]. Many of the plants take water through [[fog]] drip. Fog drip is when water forms drops on tree leaves and then drips onto the ground below.<ref>García-Santos G; Marzol M.V. & Aschan G. 2004. Water dynamics in a [[laurel]] montane cloud forest in the Garajonay National Park ([[Canary Islands]], Spain). ''Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.'' '''8''', 1065-1075. [http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/8/1065/2004/hess-8-1065-2004.html]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Forests]] {{biology-stub}}