Vines,bromeliads,the passion fruit plant.the Victorian water lily,bangle bamboo and epiphyte.
Epiphytes. Another common rainforest plant includes epiphytes -- plants that never touch soil in the rainforest. Instead, these plants use the nutrients and resources of the trees they grow on to thrive. Epiphytes include orchids, bromeliads and a few ferns. The most prevalent plants in the rainforest are trees. Trees make up at least 68 percent of the plants growing in the Amazon, according to the Rainforest Conservation Fund. One of the larger trees includes the big-leaf mahogany that stretches 200 feet into the sky and lives up to 350 years of age. Plant Life. There are many different plants in the rain forest. Some of the plants include vines, bromeliads, the passion fruit plant and the Victorian water lily. Vines in the rainforest can be as thick as the average human average human body and some can grow to be 3,000 ft long. The bangle bamboo is another plant of the rainforest. This plant can grow 40 to 80 feet tall and three inches in diameter. It has dark green stalky columns for stems and narrow green leaves. The bangle bamboo is a type of grass, the largest and fastest growing grass. They hold many varieties of plants and animals. The vegetation in rainforests grows in layers. Some of the layers get sunlight, but the bottom layers get little or no sunlight. This particular bamboo can grow anywhere between 40 feet and 80 feet in height. It is approximately 3 inches in diameter at maturity. It often grows as an undergrowth scattered or in patches in the forest. It does very well in a moist environment with a lot of rainfall. It likes temperatures between 40 degrees Fahrenheit and 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainforests get around 100 inches of rain per year. Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen. A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100 to 300 species in one 2 1/2-acre (1-hectare) area in South America. Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees. About 1/4 of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants. Curare comes from a tropical vine, and is used as an anesthetic and to relax muscles during surgery. Quinine, from the cinchona tree, is used to treat malaria. The water cycle repeats often along the equator. The main plants in this biome are trees. This is important because in the rain forest, some rain never gets past the trees and to the smaller plants and ground below. Trees in this climate reach a height of more than 164 feet. They form a canopy. The forest floor is called understory Another common rainforest plant includes epiphytes -- plants that never touch soil in the rainforest. Instead, these plants use the nutrients and resources of the trees they grow on to thrive. The most prevalent plants in the rainforest are trees. Trees make up at least 68 percent of the plants growing in the Amazon, according to the Rainforest Conservation Fund. One of the larger trees includes the big-leaf mahogany that stretches 200 feet into the sky and lives up to 350 years of age. PLANTS: One type of plant often found in a rainforest is an epiphyte. Epiphytes are plants that live on the surface of other plants, especially the trunks and branches. They often grow on trees to take advantage of sunlight in the canopy. LOCATION: There are two types of rainforest biomes: temperate and tropical rainforests. Temperate rainforests are found along coasts in temperate regions. The largest temperate rainforests are on the Pacific coast in North America, stretching from Alaska to Oregon. Tropical Rainforest: Plants Although tropical rainforests receive 12 hours of sunlight daily, less than 2% of that sunlight ever reaches the ground. The tropical rainforest has dense vegetation, often forming three different layers--the canopy, the understory, and the ground layer. Frequently, people think of the tropical rainforest as a jungle where plant growth is dense even at ground level. Riverbeds break up the forest canopy so that smaller plants can get the needed sunlight. Plant adaptation Plant survival in a tropical rainforest depends on the plant's ability to tolerate constant shade or to adapt strategies to reach sunlight. Fungus is a good example of a plant that flourishes in warm, dark places created by the forest canopy and understory
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