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Vegetation of Southeast Asia Studies of Forest Types 1963-1965

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Figure 30.-Pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> Lover Montane forest on upper slopes and platep.u<br />

in Khao Yai National <strong>Forest</strong>,at approximately 3,600 ft. (ca. 1,200 m).<br />

Most common trees are species <strong>of</strong> Quercus (oak), Gastanopsis (chestnut),<br />

Lithocarpus, and Dacrydium. Nov. <strong>1963</strong>.<br />

Figure 31.-Oblique view <strong>of</strong> Upper Moist .Evergreen forest. Canopy is<br />

continuous, and undergrowth is dense, so that mobility in this forest<br />

is difficult, and ground-to-ground and air-to-ground visibility is<br />

poor. KOV. <strong>1963</strong>.<br />

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