The California Montane Chaparral and Woodlands ecoregion is a mosaic of sage scrub, chaparral, pinon-juniper woodland, oak woodlands, and a diverse forest types: closed-cone pine, yellow pine, sugar-pine white, lodgepole, and alpine. The region supports many drought-adapted scrub species. Within this zone are subalpine wet meadows and krumholz woodlands. Krumholz is a German word that means twisted wood. In this ecoregion it refers to the woodlands of high elevations that have stunted trees caused by the harsh conditions.
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