THE RAINFOREST LAYERS

The rainforest is

• an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall.

• an area of fauna

• an area of flora

• an area f tall, mostly deserts and dry lands

Layers of rainforest

• fauna, flora and dessert

• climate, vegetation, animals

• emergent, canopy and hiking

• emergent, canopy, understory and forest floor

emergent layer

• home to around half of all animal and plant life

• high temperatures and wind limit the amount of plant and animal life

• many insects and small animals thrive there

• very few plants live here because it's so dark

Canopy

• home to around half of all animals and plant life

• high temperatures and wind limit the amount of plant and animal life

• many insects and small animals thrive here.

• very few plantas live here becuase it's so dark

understory

• home to around half of all animal and plant life

• high temperatures and wind limit the amount of plant and animal life

• many insects and small animals thrive here

• very few plants live here because it's so dark

forest floor

• home to around half of all animal and plant life

• high temperatures and wind limit the amount of plan and animal life

• many insects ans small animals thrive here

• very few plants live here because it's so dark

An Epiphyte is

• a cannibal plant

• a soil plant

• an air plant

• an egg plant

There are some types of epiphytes

• terrestrial and marine

• terrestrial and collective

• terrestrial and fragile

• terrestrial and mosses

Unusual plants grow in the branches of the trees

• orchids

• mosses

• roses

• lilies

There are around ______________ species of epiphytes.

• 20,000

• 18,000

• 28,000

• 120,000