the udzungwa mountains are covered with lowland rainforest, montane rainforest, miombo woodland, grassland, and heathland. forests extend from 300 to 2579 meters elevation, and vary in composition and species type with elevation and rainfall. the wetter eastern and southeastern slopes receive more rain from the indian ocean and support evergreen forests on the lower slopes; the drier western and northwestern slopes have decidious miombo forests and woodlands at lower elevations and evergreen forests only at higher elevations.