Tree heathers (Philippia trimera) festooned with mosses and old man's beard (Usnea) in the Mukubu Valley (11,500 feet). Heather,which grows into trees 30 to 50 feet high,is one example of unique afro-montane gigantism in a mountain range where the climate varies between high summer in daytime and freezing winter at night.
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A view from the top of the Freshfield Pass (14,050 feet) looking east down the Mukubu Valley. The vivid colours of the mosses,Senecios,or Giant Grounsels,and everlasting flowers (helicrysum) look almost unreal.
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Lake Kitandara (north) (13,200 feet),the Coronation Glacier of Mount Stanley (16,763 feet) just visible in the distance. The steep slopes leading down to the lake are covered with mosses,tree Senecios,or Giant Groundsels,and tree heathers. The afro-montane vegetation in the foreground includes everlasting flowers (helicrysum),a Senecio,or Giant Groundsel,and a lobelia.
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Lake Kitandara (north) (13,200 feet),with Mount Stanley (16,763 feet) rising in the distance. The steep slopes leading down to the lake are covered with mosses,tree Senecios,or Giant Groundsels,and tree heathers. The afro-montane vegetation in the foreground includes everlasting flowers (helicrysum),lobelias and St John's Wort (Hypericum).
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Lake Kitandara (north) (13,200 feet),with Mount Stanley (16,763 feet) rising in the distance. The steep slopes leading down to the lake are covered with mosses,tree Senecios,or Giant Groundsels,and tree heathers.
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A combination of altitude,high rainfall and almost constant cloud-cover with drenching mists nourish a prolific and unique plant life in the Rwenzori Mountain Range.This photograph of trees draped with mosses and old man's beard (Usnea) was taken at over 10,000 feet on the trail between Nyabitaba Hut (8,700 feet) and John Matte Hut (11,200 feet).
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A combination of altitude,high rainfall and almost constant cloud-cover with drenching mists nourish a prolific and unique plant life in the Rwenzori Mountain Range.This photograph was taken at 10,000 feet on the trail between Nyabitaba Hut (8,700 feet) and John Matte Hut (11,200 feet).
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The Mukubu River near Guy Yeoman Hut (11,500 feet) with the snow on Mount Baker (15,889 feet) just visible in the far distance.The lush vegetation in the valley includes Senecios,or Giant Groundsels,everlasting flowers (helicrysum),Giant Lobelias and tree-heather draped with old man's beard (Usnea) and mosses,all examples of afro-montane gigantism.
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The start of the steep rock descent from the Freshfield Pass (14,050 feet) to the Mukubu Valley (11,500 feet) where the trail drops 1,500 feet in a mile.
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- Tree Senecios,or Giant Groundsels,everlasting flowers (helicrysum) and mosses grow in rocky terrain on the trail to Lake Kitandara (13,200 feet). Mount Stanley (16,763 feet) is just visible in the background.
- Mount Stanley (16,763 feet) from the rock fall area close to the top of the Scott Elliot Pass (14,350 feet). Tree Senecios,or Giant Groundsels,everlasting flowers (helicrysum) and mosses grow among the boulders.
- Tree Senecios,or Giant Groundsels,everlasting flowers (helicrysum) and mosses grow in profusion at the top of the Scott Elliot Pass (14,350 feet).
- Lake Bujuku from the top of the Scott Elliot Pass (14,350 feet) looking northeast down the Bujuku Valley. Tree Senecios,or Giant Groundsels,everlasting flowers (helicrysum),old man's beard and mosses can be seen in the foreground.
- Tree Senecios or Giant Groundels and everlasting flowers (helicrysum) flourish in a high mountain pass close to Bujuku Hut (13,000 feet).
- Tree Senecios, or Giant Groundsels, St John s Wort (Hypericum), lobelias, everlasting flowers (helicrysum) and mosses grow in profusion close to the shores of Lake Kitandara (13,200 feet).
- Mount Stanley (16,763 feet) from the top of the Scott Elliot Pass (14,350 feet). Tree Senecios, or Giant Groundsels and everlasting flowers (helicrysum), flourish at this altitude. Margherita Peak of Mount Stanley is the highest of the Rwenzori Mountain Range.
- Mount Baker (15,889 feet) from the top of the Scott Elliot Pass (14,350 feet) with a tree Senecio, or Giant Groundsel, everlasting flowers (helicrysum) and mosses in the foreground.