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These Vibrant Amazon Rainforest Plants Will Take Your Breath Away Plants Found in the Amazon. There are over 2,000 bromeliad species in the Amazon rainforest. The most common bromeliad species is the tropical fruit, pineapple. You will find a variety of colors like purple, blue, orange, and red in bromeliad plant species.
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Plants of the Amazon The Patauá tree is a slow-growing type of palm tree that is found throughout the Amazon. Natives use the tree for many things, including using the palms for roofing, the roots for medicinal purposes, the fruit and oil (which is very high in protein) as a source of nutrition and the fibers in the palms for weaving.
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These Vibrant Amazon Rainforest Plants Will Take Your Breath Away The giant of the Amazon rainforest that can grow up to 200 feet high and 9 to 11 inches in diameter, the Kapok tree is a very important plant species, as it houses many species of plants and animals. You can find over 400 to 5000 fruits produced by the Kapok tree at one time.
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- EPIPHYTES PLANTSHere are some examples of epiphytes plants below.- BROMELIAD: plants are found in the Amazon Rainforest. These plants come in a lot of different colours such as purple, blue, orange and red.When their leaves overlap each other they can store rainwater.-FERNS: plants are a very ancient family of plants.ORCHIDS: plants are the largest flowering plants in the world. These plants can be found any where apart from Antartica. Orchids can come in many shapes, sizes, colours and patterns. -AIR PLANTS: plants do not grow in soil, they grow on tree, rocks, cacti and power lines. there a variety of colours, shape and textures.
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Amazon rainforest This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. States or departments in four nations contain  Amazonas  in their names.
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Peruvian Amazon The Peruvian Amazon jungle is one of the most biologically diverse areas on Earth. As a nation, Peru has the largest number of bird species in the world and the third-largest number of mammals; 44% of bird species and 63% of mammal species inhabit the Peruvian Amazon.
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List of Trees in the Amazon Rainforest Native to the Amazon region of Brazil, Acioa edulis, or Castanha-de-cutia, is a timber tree that produces deep green foliage and vibrant pink blossoms. The blossoms become the fruit of the Acioa edulis, which resemble a type of date fruit. The fruit has many uses from culinary to aromatherapy.
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Tribal Cuisine: Exploring The Food Of The Amazon Rainforest In addition to fruits and vegetables, several commercially used spices are found in the Amazon rainforest and are still used by the indigenous peoples. These spices include ginger, cinnamon, pepper and vanilla — which is surprising to most people. Nuts are also plentiful and are a valuable source of nutrition and fat.
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- January 2013 - The Amazon rainforest is vulnerable through a combination of human influences, including deforestation, fire and climate change.ire frequency and intensity is affected by both human activity and climate, with consequences for forest. The forest density may in turn affect fire activity by suppressing grass fuels, a feedback which can in principle allow abrupt change between forest and savannah.
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Amazon: Lungs of the planet Amazon: Lungs of the planet. The Amazon in South America is the largest, most diverse tropical rainforest on Earth, covering an area of five and a half million square kilometres (2.1 million sq mi). It accounts for more than half of the planet’s remaining rainforest and is home to more than half the world's species of plants and animals.
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About Rainforests Over 20 percent of the world oxygen is generated in the Amazon Rainforest. Over fifty percent of the world's predicted 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests. One-fifth of the world's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin. One hectare (2.47 acres) may contain over 750 types of trees and 1500 species of higher plants. Approximately 80% of the developed world's diet began in the tropical rainforest.
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"""SOS Amazon"": every second we lose 1.5 acres of rainforests once covering 14% of earth land surface, now a mere 6%" More than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest. More than half of the world's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests. One-fifth of the world's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin. One hectare (2.47 acres) may contain over 750 types of trees and 1500 species of higher plants.
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- Temperate rainforests are a lot cooler than tropical rainforests, but the temperatures are still mild. They often have two distinct seasons: one long wet winter, and a short drier summer. 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.emperate rainforests are a lot cooler than tropical rainforests, but the temperatures are still mild. They often have two distinct seasons: one long wet winter, and a short drier summer. PLANTS: One type of plant often found in a rainforest is an epiphyte.
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Amazon rainforest The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.he majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
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Inside the Amazon Amazing discoveries: 1200 new species found in the Amazon. Between 1999 and 2009, 1200 species of plants and vertebrates were identified for the first time. Ranging from a coin sized pnk rigned frog to a 4 meter long anaconda, the findings confirm the Amazon as one the most biodiverse places on Earth.
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Plants The great majority of the plants in Brazil’s rain forests are trees – estimated at some 70% of the total vegetation. Many rain-forest trees look similar even though they are of different species, but a trained eye can distinguish more than 400 species of tree per hectare (10, 000 sq meters) in some areas.
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Amazonian wildlife Amazonian wildlife. The Amazon Basin is the world's largest rainforest, drainage area for its second largest river and one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. Tropical forests have been present in South America for millions of years and were at one point spread over most of the continent.
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- The Amazon is the largest and most diverse rain forest in the world — about 10 percent of all known species on Earth dwell there — but only a few dozen of the Amazon's thousands of tree species rule the jungle, researchers recently found.
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- Over half of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil but it is also located in other South American countries including Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and French Guiana.10% of the world’s known species live in the Amazon rainforest.mazon Rainforest Facts. Learn more about the Amazon rainforest with our range of fun facts for kids. Find out where the Amazon rain forest is located, how big it is, what kind of plants and animals live there and much more.
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TROPICAL DRY FORESTS AND SAVANNAS We have already seen how elevation can produce an incredible gradient of vegetation types in tropical montane settings-for example, cloud forests. We will first consider the influence of salt and soil type on vegetation along tropical and subtropical coasts-peat swamps, mangroves, and beach communities.he peat swamp forests often integrade into the next type of forest-mangrove forest. B. Mangrove Forests. These forests are found throughout all the tropical and subtropical regions of the world and are confined to the saltwater of tidal regions.
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- In addition, The North Rupununi wetlands and Iwokrama forest support numerous endangered and threatened species including greenheart (Chlorocardium rodiei), swamp dalli (Virola surinamensis), rosewood (Aniba rosaeodara), Eschweilera fanshawei, Eschweilera potaroensis, and Pouteria penicillata.nnual rainfall varies from 3,000 mm in the north to 1,400 mm in the south. The differences in rainfall are largely driven by two rainy seasons in the northern part of the Iwokrama Forest (driven by the Intertropical Convergent Zone) and only one rainy season (continental) in the Rupununi Wetlands.
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The Amazon - a tropical rainforest: flora The Amazon rainforest is an excellent example of a true tropical rainforest. The Amazon Basin is in the northern parts of South America. It is mainly in Brazil, but also extends to a number of surrounding countries. There are three distinct types of rainforest in the Amazon Basin.
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Amazon rainforest The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species.ne in ten known species in the world lives in the Amazon rainforest. This constitutes the largest collection of living plants and animal species in the world. The region is home to about 2.5 million insect species, tens of thousands of plants, and some 2,000 birds and mammals.
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Amazon rainforest The Amazon rainforest, also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km2, of which 5,500,000 km2 are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The majority of the forest is contained within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Venezuela, Ec
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Amazon Rain Forest Has 16,000 Tree Species, Common Amazonian Trees Now âHave A Nameâ More than 100 experts gave data from 1,170 forestry surveys in all major forest types in the Amazon to determine how many trees there are in the South American rain forest and how many different tree species grow there.
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Description of Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes Tropical deciduous forest-A terrestrial biome similar to tropical rainforest and found at the same latitudes, but rainy and dry seasons are more distinct and the total amount of rainfall is usually less. Most trees are deciduous and drop their leaves during the dry season. Thorny vegetation is sometimes prominent.errestrial Biomes. Tundra-A terrestrial biome with low, shrubby or mat-like vegetation found at extremely high latitudes or elevations, near the limit of plant growth. Soils usually subject to permafrost. Plant diversity is typically low and the growing season is short.
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Natural environment An area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. The tropical rainforests of South America contain the largest diversity of species on earth.
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- The tropical rain forests play an important role in natural vegetation in India. These types of forests include the tropical evergreen forests and tropical semi-evergreen forests and they are mostly found in places where there is plenty of rainfall and sunshine throughout the year.