Tropical Rainforests have Four Main Layers

Did you know? Tropical rainforests have four main layers. Each layer is where the living plants and animals that have adapted to different living in the region. This layer has been identified as a canopy canopy (emergent), canopy (upper canopy), under the canopy (understory), and the forest floor (forest floor).

• Header Canopy (emergent) at an altitude of more than 30 m from ground level, these headers can individually or gather occasionally, but not much. Canopy of tropical rain forest tree branches and leaves by the meeting. This causes the sun's rays can not penetrate to the forest floor. In this editorial also found plants that climb, hang, and attached to the branches of trees such as rattan, orchids, and ferns types. Eagles, butterflies, bats and certain monkeys inhabit this layer.

• Top Canopy  (upper canopy), has a height of between 24-36 m allows light easily obtained at the top of this layer, but reduces the light to the bottom. Most animals live in the rain forest canopy above. Birds, insects, bats and certain primates inhabit this layer. In turn provide so much food (fruit and leaves) cause some animals never go down to the forest floor. Canopy, based on research, is home to 50 percent of all plant species.

• Bottom canopy (understory) is located between the canopy and the forest floor, composed of young trees, the trees that depressed growth, or other types of shade-tolerant trees. Under the canopy is home to a large number of insects, birds, snakes and lizards, as well as predators such as jaguars, boa and leopard.

• Forest floor (forest floor) are usually completely hidden from the light. The types of plants that live is shade-tolerant. Species growing on the forest floor and hook liana wrapped around branches to reach canopy canopies. Kind of life that do not require light, as well as a variety of molds, fungi and decomposing organisms (decomposer: termites, earthworms) alive and thriving. Leaves, fruits, twigs, and even a fallen tree trunk, soon became foul was described by a variety of organisms. Heat and moisture help to break down dead organic matter. Organic matter decomposition and then rapidly absorbed by the roots of trees.  

 Now, you know that Tropical rainforests have four main layers. Hopefully this article useful for your needs, the needs of education and forestry.