Bokor National Park is predominantly covered with moist tropical evergreen forests but has a wide range of habitat types, from mangrove in the south where river estuaries join the Park to the sea, to dwarf montane on the top of a mountainous plateau. The plateau, which is 1,079 meters above sea level, provides a spectacular view of the Cambodian coast. The park is hilly in the north and east with a plateau and escarpment in the west and southwest, which gives it a certain level of natural protection from encroachment. The National Park contains a unique range of habitats and supports a rich diversity of flora and fauna. Habitats consist of virgin lowland forest, waterfalls, rivers and coastline. Forest types range from dry dipterocarp and mixed deciduous in the north to predominately moist evergreen. A small montane forest zone is recognized on the highest points. Bokor is rich in endemic flora, and its ferns and bogs are an unusual feature. Also, insectivorous sundew plants are around here.
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