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  • High elevation areas are characterized by rockland, talus, tarns, and open high elevation forests.

    Ecoregions of Montana (EPA) 2009

  • Meadows and rockland are common and contrast with the dense forests of neighboring, lower ecoregions.

    Ecoregions of Utah (EPA) 2009

  • Wet meadows, rockland, glacial till, and talus are common and contrast with the dense forests of neighboring, lower ecoregions.

    Ecoregions of Utah (EPA) 2009

  • Large areas of rockland and mixed high elevation vegetation occur above extensive Douglas-fir and subalpine fir forests in the rugged Middle Rockies (17).

    Ecoregions of Montana (EPA) 2009

  • Above an elevation of about 11,000 feet, alpine meadows, rockland, and talus slopes occur and are especially widespread in the Uinta Mountains.

    Ecoregions of Utah (EPA) 2009

  • The Alpine Zone is expressed physiographically as rockland, talus, tundra, and glacial lake (tarn) basins.

    Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA) 2009

  • Pinelands and tropical hardwood hammocks cover virtually all of these outcrops and are considered as rockland ecosystems.

    South Florida rocklands 2008

  • The wet, severely exposed, glaciated High Elevation Rockland Alpine Zone contains jagged peaks, tarns, rockland, and talus deposits.

    Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA) 2008

  • The wet, severely exposed, glaciated High Idaho Batholith contains jagged peaks, tarns, and rockland.

    Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA) 2008

  • 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.

    South Florida rocklands 2008

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