Plants And Animals In The Rainforest
The following adaptations allow plants to survive in the conditions of the rainforest.
Plants and animals in the rainforest. The warm wet climate encourages lots of large green plants to grow. See more ideas about rainforest rainforest animals animals. Most animals in the rainforest live in the canopy.
The Amazon is home to about 45000 plant species and 2500 types of trees Chandler 2008Trouble in Paradise 2008. Ad Find Visit Today and Find More Results. Main animals plants in the rainforest Epiphytic orchid 9000 species of orchid live as epiphytes -growing on the platform of a branch but extracting nothing from the tree like a parasite.
The canopy offers sources of food shelter and hiding places providing for interaction between different species. Green animals also live there - bugs caterpillars bees beetles lizards parrots and snakes make their homes in the rainforest. As far as the flora of Amazon Rainforest is a concern there are approximately 40000 species of plants and trees found in the rainforest.
The most common plants and trees of Amazon Rainforest are as follows Euterpe Precatoria. The Amazon has been nicknamed the lungs of the worldTrouble in Paradise 2008. Due to the unique climate animals and plants have adapted in order to survive.
About half of the worlds rare plants and flowers take root here. Rainforests regulate the rain patterns for the rest of the world which is one of the most important reasons why there is a lot of effort put into saving the rainforest. Plants of the rainforest also have an important role in animal life.
Sep 1 2016 - Explore Sandee Dusbibers board Animals and plants that live in the rainforests followed by 176 people on Pinterest. Small trees and plants that do not need much light grow here. Not only is it home to so many animals plants and trees but it also is essential to the functioning of our world.