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Name the various layers of vegetation in a forest starting from the top downwards.

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Answered by OjusSharma
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Forest floor layer - The forest floor is often blanketed with decaying leaves, twigs, fallen trees, animal scat, moss, and other detritus. The forest floor is where recycling occurs, fungi, insects, bacteria, and earthworms are among the many organisms that break down waste materials and ready them for reuse and recycling throughout the forest system.

Herb layer - The herb layer of the forest is dominated by herbaceous (or soft-stemmed) plants such as grasses, ferns, wildflowers, and other ground covers. Vegetation in the herb layer often gets little light and in forests with thick canopies, shade tolerant species are predominant in the herb layer.

Shrub layer - The shrub layer is characterized by woody vegetation that grows relatively close to the ground. Bushes and brambles grow where enough light passes through the canopy to support shrub growth.

Understory layer - The understory of a forest consists of immature trees and small trees that are shorter than the main canopy level of the tree. Understory trees provide shelter for a wide range of animals. When gaps form in the canopy, often times understory trees take advantage of the opening and grow to fill in the canopy.

Canopy layer - The canopy is the layer where the crowns of most of the forest's trees meet and form a thick layer.

Emergent layer - Emergents are trees whose crowns emerge above the rest of the canopy.

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Answered by ramamanisahoo63
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Answer:canopy,forest floor,under storey,crown,emergent

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