The Forest Floor
The Forest Floor is the bottom layer of the Rainforest and its also the darkest layer of the rainforest.
The forest floor is also where decomposition takes place. Decomposition is the
process by which fungi and microorganisms break down dead plants and animals and
recycle essential materials and nutrients.
Also, many of the largest rainforest animals are found on the forest floor. Some
of these are elephants (in Asia), the tapir (Southeast Asia and Central and
South America), tigers (Asia), and the jaguar (Central and South America).
Most of the vegetation down here consists of fungi and other
plants that live off the thin layer of decaying leaves and other matter that has
fallen from the trees onto the ground.
This decomposing litter is a source of food for all kinds of
small invertebrates like termites and millipedes. Countless centipedes,
cockroaches, scorpions, slugs, earthworms, and beetles live here under stones,
leaves and logs.
Almost no plants grow in this area, as a result.
Since hardly any sun reaches the forest floor things begin to decay quickly.
Tropical Rainforests, such as the Amazon, are found near the equator in
Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tropical
rainforest floor layer, or forest floor, is the ground layer of this biome. It
lies beneath the emergent, canopy and understory layers, which is the
reason
The forest floor is also where decomposition takes place. Decomposition is the
process by which fungi and microorganisms break down dead plants and animals and
recycle essential materials and nutrients.
Also, many of the largest rainforest animals are found on the forest floor. Some
of these are elephants (in Asia), the tapir (Southeast Asia and Central and
South America), tigers (Asia), and the jaguar (Central and South America).
Most of the vegetation down here consists of fungi and other
plants that live off the thin layer of decaying leaves and other matter that has
fallen from the trees onto the ground.
This decomposing litter is a source of food for all kinds of
small invertebrates like termites and millipedes. Countless centipedes,
cockroaches, scorpions, slugs, earthworms, and beetles live here under stones,
leaves and logs.
Almost no plants grow in this area, as a result.
Since hardly any sun reaches the forest floor things begin to decay quickly.
Tropical Rainforests, such as the Amazon, are found near the equator in
Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tropical
rainforest floor layer, or forest floor, is the ground layer of this biome. It
lies beneath the emergent, canopy and understory layers, which is the
reason