Lowland forest
Hot and wet, the lower sections of the mountain contain abundant ferns, mosses, tropical rhododenron and bizarre pitcher plants, many of which are known only from Mount Kinabalu.

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Carson's falls, near trail start. View looking back down the summit trail.
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Clouds and light rain at lower levels. Mountain view from near 1200 m.
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An endemic flower: Rhododendron lowii. Close-up of  Rhododendron lowii
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Wet, fog-shrouded fern jungle. Fern in lowland jungle.
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Endemic pitcher plant: Nepenthes raja. Endemic pitcher plant: Nepenthes villosa.
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Two Nepenthes raja plants. A violet 'Kinabalu gardenia'.

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