Ascension Island’s cloud forest zone, or mist region, is confined to the summit slopes of Green Mountain, where frequent immersion in cloud banks creates continuously damp conditions. Type: Endemic Plant | Status: Critically Endangered | Nativeness: Endemic.

Green Mountain is a common name for "The Peak", the highest point and a stratovolcano on Ascension Island, which has gained some fame for claims that it is one of very few large-scale artificial forests. Green Mountain is ranked 38th by topographic isolation.

You can’t visit Ascension without going up Green Mountain, aka “The Peak”. It’s the highest point on the island and literally verdant green in colour because of its lush tropical vegetation that covers the upper half of this mountain which has been designated a National Park.

Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 960 miles (1,540 km) from the coast of Africa and 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from the coast of South America.

The Green Mountain is the oldest volcano of Ascension Island and, with its 860 meters of elevation, it creates a micro-climate that allows a particular flora, not present in other parts of the island, to grow and reproduce, including some endemic rare species now critically endangered.

This interactive map displays both the natural and historical heritage of Ascension Island. Green Mountain National Park is full of history and natural beauty. Rising to 859m, the mountain is lush and cool compared to the arid lowlands, with many trails for visitors to explore.

Jun 25, 2020 · Green Mountain is home to six of Ascension’s seven surviving endemic plants. The smallest, moss fern Stenogrammitis ascensionensis, evolved to grow on damp, mossy, windswept rocks and cinder banks around the mountaintop.

Aug 6, 2017 · This is probably the most popular* (though not the most interesting) of Ascension Island's letterbox walks and takes you to the highest point of the island – the top of Green Mountain – at 2817ft (859m). Note that the peak is about 10-15 metres past Dew Pond and is marked by an old anchor chain…

Green Mountain is a common name for "The Peak", the highest point on Ascension Island, which has gained some fame for claims that it is one of very few large-scale artificial forests. Ejected blocks of plutonic igneous facies in the trachytic and basaltic tuffs of Green Mountain.

A large portion of the relatively small Ascension Island is occupied by the Green Mountain National Park. Green Mountain itself is a volcanic peak and the highest point on the island, rising to 859 m (2,818 ft) above sea level.