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[Aroid-l] When is a rain forest not a rain forest?

From: mossytrail at hctc.com (mossytrail) on 2008.05.03 at 02:27:15(17535)
> sometimes we used to call these cloudforests, which may be
> something we made up....
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> hermine
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Actually, I've only ever heard the term cloud forest refer
to tropical montane wet forest types, where condensation
from mountain clouds is a more important source of moisture
than rainfall. Monteverde, Costa Rica is the best-known
example of cloud forest.
Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large

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