Cloud forests are rain forests that experience persistent cloud cover and abundant precipitation throughout the year. This high level of moisture available in the air allows plants to grow on trees high above the forest floor, sourcing their water directly from the air around them and from moisture that has precipitated onto host trees. These plants, known as epiphytes, source their nutrients from rainwater and from organic debris that accumulate around them.
This gives the trees an eery, magical look, as they are draped from root to crown with mosses, ferns, bromeliads, lianas and orchids; walking through Cloudbridge feels like walking through a Cretacean jungle. I expect to see giant dragonflies alighting on the path in front of me, or hear the shriek of a pteradon in the distance.
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