Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands

The Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion of central Africa.

The ecoregion lies above 3000 meters elevation, and is divided into two areas: the Rwenzori Mountains on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the volcanic Virunga Mountains to the south, where the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda meet. It is surrounded at lower elevations by the Albertine Rift montane forests ecoregion.

The Afroalpine flora of the higher altitudes have much in common with the East African montane moorlands of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and Mount Meru.

The ecoregion is home to distinctive Afroalpine vegetation. Habitat types include lakes, marshy deltas and peat bogs, open montane grasslands, shrublands, enclaves of high elevation forest, snow fields, and glaciers. Giant rosette plants, including various species of lobelias and senecios, are characteristic of the ecoregion.

Vegetation varies with elevation, soils, and exposure.

The upper montane forest of the Albertine Rift montane forests, composed of cloud forests of Hagenia abyssinica and Hypericum revolutum, or bamboo forests of Sinarundinaria alpina, extends up to 3000–3300 meters.

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