LOWER MONTANE FORESTS
In tropical regions, lower montane forest refers to the rainforest on mountain slopes that are distinctly different from the lowland rainforest that covers the plains, flatlands, and low hills. Generally, this forest formation can be considered an intermediate zone between the montane cloud forest located at much higher altitudes, generally above the persistent cloud zone, and the tall evergreen rainforest of the lowlands.In Peninsular Malaysia, lower montane forest is most developed and distinct on the main granitic mountain ranges, such as the Titiwangsa, Bintang, and East Coast mountain ranges. Lower montane forest can be classified into two kinds, the oak-laurel type, and the upper (hill) dipterocarp type. The upper hill dipterocarp/lower montane forest type is basically an extension of the hill dipterocarp forest, but with the absence of the common hill dipterocarp, Shorea curtisii. Instead, the dipterocarps that predominate include montane dipterocarps like Shorea platyclados, Shorea ciliata, Dipterocarpus retusus, and Shorea ovata, which are all capable of large size.
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