subalpine

IPA: sʌbˈæɫpaɪn

Examples of "subalpine" in Sentences

It is found in alpine and subalpine climates.
It is found in subalpine and alpine habitats.
The habitat is subalpine spruce and fir forest.
It is found in subalpine parkland and is nocturnal.
It is found in the transition zone and subalpine forests.
Above this zone is the subalpine zone reaching up to 2500m.
Above this limit are located the subalpine and Alpine grasslands.
Larix lyallii, or alpine larch (sometimes called subalpine larch).
Above the tree line at about 2,600 m, the vegetation is subalpine.
A preference for mountainous or subalpine ecosystems has been noted.
Below the tree line are subalpine and montane grasslands and shrublands.
Only the whistling hoary marmot is restricted to alpine and subalpine areas.
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.