As a natural area, the pygmy forest becomes one of the most closely guarded lands in this populous state.

The pygmy forest is not under pressure by potential developers, and it is regulated in part by the State Pinelands Commission.

Bombing Range in the Area There are more than 13,000 acres of pygmy forest in the area.

The Federal Government recently proposed erecting 16 radio transmission towers in the pygmy forest for use in the event of a nuclear war.

The summit itself is covered with a pygmy forest, unique in the Catskills, with its black cherry and mountain ashes barely taller than average human height.

It has uncommon occurrences of pygmy forest, dominated by Mendocino Cypress.

"We rode together in the pygmy forest under Amble-morn," said Valentine.

The habitats on the mountain include mixed oak forest, pygmy forest, chaparral and riparian zones.

A pygmy forest is a forest which, for pedological and geological reasons, contains only miniature trees.

The latter two species are endemics to the pygmy forest.