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WHAT ARE THE LAYERS OF THE RAINFOREST
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Answer:
A rainforest is an area of tall trees and a high amount of rainfall.
Most rainforests are structured in four layers: emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor.
Each layer has unique characteristics based on differing levels of water, sunlight, and air circulation.
While each layer is distinct, they exist in an interdependent system: processes and species in one layer influence those in another.
Explanation:
1)The top layer of the rainforest is the emergent layer. Here, trees as tall as 60 meters (200 feet) dominate the skyline.
2) Beneath the emergent layer is the canopy, a deep layer of vegetation roughly 6 meters (20 feet) thick. The canopy’s dense network of leaves and branches forms a roof over the two remaining layers.
The canopy blocks winds, rainfall, and sunlight, creating a humid, still, and dark environment below.
3)Located several meters below the canopy, the understory is an even darker, stiller, and more humid environment. Plants here, such as palms and philodendrons, are much shorter and have larger leaves than plants that dominate the canopy. Understory plants’ large leaves catch the minimal sunlight reaching beyond the dense canopy.
Understory plants often produce flowers that are large and easy to see, such as Heliconia ,etc.
4)The forest floor is the darkest of all rainforest layers, making it extremely difficult for plants to grow. Leaves that8 fall to the forest floor decay quickly.
Decomposers, such as termites, slugs, scorpions, worms, and fungi, thrive on the forest floor. Organic matter falls from trees and plants, and these organisms break down the decaying material into nutrients. The shallow roots of rainforest trees absorb these nutrients, and dozens of predators consume the decomposers!
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