Rainforest Facts

By Callum and Bartosz

Contents page

• Forest floor page 1

• Understorey page 2

• Canopy page 3

• Emergent page 4

Forest floorMushrooms and fungi live in

warm, wet and moist conditions. The forest floor is

mostly dark and humid because of the canopy

leaves.

Most of the largest animals live on the forest floor.

The canopy layer lets only 2% of light through into the forest floor.

Understorey

Animals have colourful patterns to hide in the rainforest.

This layer is made out of young trees and vines.

The small amount of light encourages plants to find smart ways of finding light.

Here are some examples of animals: Red eyed tree frog, fruit bat, Jaguars and Leopards.

The plants in this layer don’t grow higher than 12 foot tall.

Canopy

Most of the rain is stopped by thick leaves.

There are plants that’s roots don’t touch the ground these plants are called Air plants.

The Canopy is not a problem for food.

These are some animals that lives in the Canopy: birds, lizards, monkeys and butterfly's.

Emergent

The trees in this layer have flowers in them. These flowers have nectar in them which is food to many Birds.

The trees in this layer can grow as tall as a sky scrapper.

Did you know many animals that live in the Emergent layer live in the Canopy layer to.