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Rain Forest Biome. By: Marissa Pate Nickol Stanford Amanda Tassillo. The Levels of the Rain Forest. The ground level Under story- 10M or 33ft Canopy- 30m or 98ft Emergent- 50m or 164ft. Climbers Just uses another tree for a support. Grows from bottom to top!. Stranglers
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Rain Forest Biome By: Marissa Pate Nickol Stanford Amanda Tassillo
The Levels of the Rain Forest • The ground level • Under story- 10M or 33ft • Canopy- 30m or 98ft • Emergent- 50m or 164ft
Climbers Just uses another tree for a support. Grows from bottom to top! Stranglers Completely taking over the whole tree. They grow from top to bottom! Different types of plants
There are many types of figs in the rain forest. Figs (ficus) • Botree (ficus religiosa) • India-rubber fig (ficus elastica) • Weeping fig(ficus benjamina) • Banyan tree (ficus benghalensis) Banyan tree
Rafflesia arnoldii • The largest flower in the world!! • It measures about 3ft in diameter • Grows on the southeast Asian rainforest
Bromeliad An epiphyte whose upturned leaves captured water to provide moisture and a breeding ground for the animals in the canopy