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unusual facts about evergreen forest


Evergreen forest

Broadleaf temperate evergreen forests include those in which Fagaceae such as oaks are common, those in which Nothofagaceae predominate, and the Eucalyptus forests of the Southern Hemisphere.


Anolis podocarpus

Anolis podocarpus occurs in the upper basin of the Zamora River in southeastern Ecuador in secondary forest, montane cloud forest and evergreen forest.


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Kafue National Park

A thin belt of evergreen forest lines the banks of the Kafue River, which has been controversially dammed just outside the park at Itezhi-Tezhi Dam, forming a reservoir within the park.

Kalrayan Hills

Sholas, a type of high-altitude stunted evergreen forest, can be found growing on isolated plateaus.

Lake Mashū

On the slopes around and above the lake grow a mixture of evergreen forest with Picea jezoensis and Abies sachalinensis and birch forest with Betula ermanii.

Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary

Kradum Ngoen (Eriocaulon henryanum Ruhle) and lady’s slipper orchids (Paphiopedilum sukhakulii Schoser & Senghas) comprise the undergrowth of the hill evergreen forest.

Rothmannia globosa

It occurs in evergreen forest and along forest margins in the Eastern Cape and north to Limpopo Province and Swaziland.