Adjective

1. of, inhabiting, or growing in mountainous regions, especially cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.

Noun

1. Flora and fauna of a montane habitat.
   • 2005, Peter Taylor, Beyond Conservation: A Wildland Strategy, page 84

     The wintergreens, and northern montanes such as Linnaea have their stronghold in these pinewoods and some of their rarity may be due to the reduction in the extent of the forest.