subalpine

IPA: sʌbˈæɫpaɪn

Examples of "subalpine" in Sentences

Larix lyallii, or alpine larch (sometimes called subalpine larch).
Above the tree line at about 2,600 m, the vegetation is subalpine.
Spruce bark beetles were after the spruce trees and fir engraver beetles were killing subalpine fir trees.
It is dominated by tree species that thrive in cool, humid climates with heavy snow cover, such as subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce.
Winter snowfall accumulates as a snowpack and the high elevation Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir and limber pine forests provide an essential cover so that the snow melts slowly in the springtime and feeds the headwaters of the mighty Colorado River which drains one tenth of the land base in the lower 48 states.