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High elevation areas are characterized by rockland, talus, tarns, and open high elevation forests.
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Meadows and rockland are common and contrast with the dense forests of neighboring, lower ecoregions.
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Wet meadows, rockland, glacial till, and talus are common and contrast with the dense forests of neighboring, lower ecoregions.
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Large areas of rockland and mixed high elevation vegetation occur above extensive Douglas-fir and subalpine fir forests in the rugged Middle Rockies (17).
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Above an elevation of about 11,000 feet, alpine meadows, rockland, and talus slopes occur and are especially widespread in the Uinta Mountains.
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The Alpine Zone is expressed physiographically as rockland, talus, tundra, and glacial lake (tarn) basins.
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Pinelands and tropical hardwood hammocks cover virtually all of these outcrops and are considered as rockland ecosystems.
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The wet, severely exposed, glaciated High Elevation Rockland Alpine Zone contains jagged peaks, tarns, rockland, and talus deposits.
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The wet, severely exposed, glaciated High Idaho Batholith contains jagged peaks, tarns, and rockland.
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Fire is essential for maintenance of rockland pine forest and determines the relative dominance of pine forest versus hammock, the latter being less likely to burn.
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