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Mount Pulag Adventure
Mt. Pulag is characterized by a highly rugged terrain with steep mountain slopes and rolling areas at the peak. It is home to three types of vegetation namely, the grassland, the mossy forest, and the pine forest. Falls, rivers, and lakes also abound the mountain. In relation, four pristine lakes are situated in the area – Tabeyeo, Incolos, Ambulalakaw, and Latep-Ngapos.The Mt. Pulag lakes, as well, supply water to four Cordillera dams: Ambuklao, Binga, San Roque, and Magat.
At the summit, the grassland is dominated by the dwarf bamboo. At lower elevations, the mossy forest, which is the mountain’s dominant habitat features ferns, lichens, moss, pitcher plants, laurels, and trees of which the most prominent are the Philippine Oak trees. Wildlife inside the forest includes the Northern Giant Cloud Rat and the Bushy Cloud Rat, the Philippine Brown Deer, the Luzon Pygmy Fruit bat andother species of bats, and a wide range of forest birds. Several orchid species are found in the region and some of which are possibly endemic to Mt. Pulag. In addition, a plant species of the cancer-curing Yew, the Sumatran Yew, also grows in the area. Below this, the pine forest, which rests on barren and rocky slopes, contains one of the only two pine species in the Philippines – the Benguet Pine. From - http://en.wikipilipinas.org
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