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The vegetation is distinct from the lower juniper-pinyon woodlands of Ecoregions 20c and 20g and the higher, wetter Uinta Subalpine Forests (19b) and Alpine Zone (19a).
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Subalpine meadows and scattered white fir, limber pine, and whitebark pine mingle upwards to the jagged, exposed peaks at elevations over 11,000 feet.
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At 4,000 to 8,200 feet, maximum elevations are intermediate to those in the Southern Cascades (4f) and the Cascades Subalpine/Alpine ecoregion (4d).
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The Subalpine Forests ecoregion occupies a narrow elevational band between about 8,800 feet and treeline, about 11,500 feet elevation.
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The Cascades Subalpine/Alpine ecoregion contains the prominent volcanic peaks of the high Cascades.
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Subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce, and whitebark pine tolerate the cold soils, deep snowpack, and extremely short growing season near timberline.
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Subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce, and whitebark pine tolerate the cold soils, deep snowpack, and extremely short growing season near timberline.
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The Subalpine – Alpine Zone begins where the forest cover becomes broken by alpine meadows, and continues through alpine meadowland to include the exposed rock and snowfields of the highest mountain peaks.
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The Wallowas/Seven Devils Mountains ecoregion occupies the mid-elevation zone between the Subalpine-Alpine Zone (11m) and the Continental Zone Foothills (11i).
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The Subalpine – Alpine Zone begins where the forest cover becomes broken by alpine meadows, and continues through alpine meadowland to include the exposed rock and snowfields of the highest mountain peaks.
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