rain forest biome
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Rain Forest BiomeRain Forest Biome
By:Marissa Pate
Nickol StanfordAmanda Tassillo
By:Marissa Pate
Nickol StanfordAmanda Tassillo
The Levels of the Rain Forest
• The ground level• Under story- 10M
or 33ft• Canopy- 30m or
98ft• Emergent- 50m or
164ft
Different types of plantsClimbersJust uses
another tree for a support.
Grows from bottom to top!
StranglersCompletely
taking over the whole tree.
They grow from top to bottom!
Figs (ficus)
There are many types of figs in the rain forest.
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
Pictures of the rainforest
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