Pitcher plant
Wild berries
Rare flower species
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gered waling-waling (Euanthe sanderiana) are also abundant. Its montane or low montane forest occurs from 1,200 to 1,800 meters above sea level, and is dominated by lauaglauigan (Syzygium), banyas (Dacrycarpus) and species of igem (Podocarpus) and ulayan tindog (Lithocarpus) as well as the endemic almaciga (Agathis philippinensis) (PASA, 1992). The mossy or high montane forest is found in an elevation ranging from 1,800 to about 2,600 meters above sea level. It is characterized by an abundant and high diversity of mosses, liverworts, epiphytes and stunted trees. Grasses such as cogon (Imperata cylindrica) and Saccharum spontaneum and ferns are also found, especially along banks of creeks, streams, and rivers and on steep slopes. The summit or scrubland occurs on elevations greater than 2,700 meters above sea level. Fumaroles that include sedges (Cyperaceae), a fern species (Gleichemia decarpa), as well as species of Ericaceae and Rhododendron are found on this elevation. Mt. Apo has the largest, if not the only habitat, of this type in the Philippines. Wildlife There are 800 species of flora recorded in the Park (Country Report of the Philippines to the 3rd AHP Conference, 2010), including endemic species of the genera Pipturus, Sauravia and Poikilospermum and two endangered ones: Lithocarpus submonticolus and Peperomia elmeri. In the upper montane forest, the endemic species are Cypholopus microphyllus and Nepenthes copelandi. Other plants include the highly valued and endangered ones like almaciga (Agathis philippinensis) and dipterocarps such as the rare manggachapoi (Vatica manggachapoi) and Shorea palita.