Rainforest Plants
Rainforest plants
thrive extremely well in their environment, because every plant loves a
lot of water, and rainforests are indeed very wet places.
This means rainforests are thick and dense, full of plant life, and packed with different plants - it gets so crowded that the biggest competition is this of sunlight.
Every plant tries therefore to reach high up to not to miss out on sunlight.
Large trees grow tall and spread out their canopies and block the light from reaching the ground.Some extra tall trees, called emergents, grow through that canopy, even higher.
Others, like vines climb on tree trunks to reach the sunlight high up. Orchids and epiphytes start growing high up in the trees when a bird drops a seed there.
Shorter trees and other plants grow on the rainforest floor, where some light happens to reach the forest ground.
When a high tree falls and opens up the canopy, smaller plants get a chance to start growing in the sunlight on the rainforest floor.
Rainforest flora vary considerably between tropical and temperate rainforests; and between the rainforests on different continents.
Tropical rainforest species are more numerous, while temperate rainforests have less layers and are more known for giant trees, mosses and epiphytes.
Rainforest Trees
Rainforest Flowers
Rainforest Orchids
Endangered Plants in the Rainforest
Endemic Plants of the Rainforest
Custom
Search
Custom Search
Home | Site
Map
| Site
Search |
Site
Policies
| About
Us | Contact Us
Note: This site uses British English, which is the English we use in Australia.
Disclaimer: This website is about interesting facts about rainforests. It is not trying to be comprehensive.
Although best efforts have been made to ensure that all the information on this site is correct,
rainforest-facts.com is not to be blamed should there be a mistake.
Copyright notice: All contents of this website are strictly protected by the Law of Copyright. What does that mean?
Copyright © 2010-2021 rainforest-facts.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Note: This site uses British English, which is the English we use in Australia.
Disclaimer: This website is about interesting facts about rainforests. It is not trying to be comprehensive.
Although best efforts have been made to ensure that all the information on this site is correct,
rainforest-facts.com is not to be blamed should there be a mistake.
Copyright notice: All contents of this website are strictly protected by the Law of Copyright. What does that mean?
Copyright © 2010-2021 rainforest-facts.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.