Botany
The summit of Camel's Hump is home to 10 acres (4 ha) of alpine tundra vegetation. Plants found in this region include: bigelow sedge, alpine bilberry, mountain sandwort, crowberry, mountain cranberry, Labrador tea. A direct result of glacial formation, these alpine species were once widespread but as the lower elevations warmed, only the very peak of Camel's Hump remained hospitable to the fragile plants. Camel's Hump also supports a significant population of red spruce trees which have been under decline. The Forest Decline Project at the University of Vermont published a study in 1991 citing acid rain as a culprit of the reduced seed production and germination.
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