Laurel forest, called laurisilva or laurissilva, is a type of subtropical forest found in areas with high humidity and relatively stable, mild temperatures.
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10 Facts About Laurel forest
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The forest is characterized by broadleaf tree species with evergreen, glossy and elongated leaves, known as "laurophyll" or "lauroid".
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In southern China, laurel forest once extended throughout the Yangtze Valley and Sichuan Basin from the East China Sea to the Tibetan Plateau.
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In Europe the laurel forest has been badly damaged by timber harvesting, by fire, by the introduction of exotic animal and plant species that have displaced the original cover, and by replacement with arable fields, exotic timber plantations, cattle pastures, and golf courses and tourist facilities.
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The laurel forest flora is usually strong and vigorous and the forest regenerates easily; its decline is due to external forces.
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Trees of the Laurel forest family are less prominent, limited to Ocotea or Beilschmiedia due to exceptional biological and paleoecological interest and the enormous biodiversity mostly but with many endemic species, and the members of the beech family are absent.
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Typical tree species included oaks ancestral to present-day California oaks, as well as an assemblage of trees from the Laurel forest family, including Nectandra, Ocotea, Persea, and Umbellularia.
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Laurel forest is the most common Central American temperate evergreen cloud forest type.
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The Laurel forest relief is varied and in places where the Andes meet the Amazon, it includes steeply sloped areas.
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Laurel forest appears on mountains of the coastal strip of New South Wales in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
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