Green Mountain cloud forest

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The Green Mountain cloud forest is a man-made, high-altitude tropical forest on Ascension Island, notable for its lush, mist-shrouded vegetation created through extensive 19th-century planting efforts.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf cloud forest
man-made forest
tropical forest
artificiallyEstablished true
climate tropical
country United Kingdom
createdBy 19th-century planting efforts
elevation high-altitude
hasCharacteristic frequent cloud cover
high humidity
orographic rainfall
hasConservationStatus protected area
hasEcologicalIssue displacement of native flora
invasive species
hasFeature network of walking trails
viewpoints over Ascension Island
hasManagement Ascension Island Government Conservation Department
hasVegetationType ferns
introduced shrubs
introduced tree species
mosses
influences local microclimate of Green Mountain
locatedIn British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
locatedOn Ascension Island
Green Mountain
notableFor lush vegetation
mist-shrouded vegetation
partOf Green Mountain National Park
surrounds summit of Green Mountain
timePeriodOfMajorPlanting 19th century
tourism hiking destination on Ascension Island
usedFor increasing local rainfall
soil stabilization on Ascension Island

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Ascension Island hasFeature Green Mountain cloud forest