![]() Typical cloud forest trees include oyamel ( Abies religiosa), Arbutus glandulosa, Clethra lanata, Magnolia tarahumara, Tilia sp., Trema micrantha, and Ostrya virginiana. Cloud forests are found in only a few locations in the Sierra Madre Occidental, and are home to distinctive communities of plants and animals. Ĭloud forest, also known as mesophyllous montane forest, is found in humid ravines and glens 1,900 and 2,200 meters elevation, interspersed among the upper oak and pine–oak forests. Patches of pine forest are interspersed with the oaks at 1200 meters elevation, and forest of oaks and pines is common above 1600 meters elevation. Typical trees include Quercus castanea, Q. Oak ( Quercus) forests are predominant above 900 meters elevation. In canyons and other areas with greater moisture there are taller trees, including Brosimum alicastrum, Ceiba pentandra, and species of Ficus. The dominant trees are species of Ipomoea, Lysiloma, and Bursera, along with thorny scrub and Opuntia and Stenocereus cactus. Flora Īt lower elevations the predominant vegetation is low dry deciduous forest. The orientation of the mountains to the prevailing winds creates some higher-rainfall areas at middle elevations. The climate ranges from warm-sub-humid at lower elevations to semi-warm sub-humid at middle elevations to temperate sub-humid at the highest elevations. It is in Concordia Municipality of Sinaloa, and Pueblo Nuevo and San Dimas municipalities of Durango. The Sierra rises from the Pacific coastal plain of Sinaloa state, ascending from 200 to 3000 meters elevation eastwards into Durango. ![]() The Espinazo del Diablo is on the western slope of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The region is known its natural beauty and biodiversity, including rare cloud forests, and for a stretch tortuous mountain highway (part of Mexican Federal Highway 40) also called the Espinazo del Diablo. The Espinazo del Diablo (Devil's Backbone) is a region of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the states of Sinaloa and Durango in northwestern Mexico.
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