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The Tropical Rainforest Biome. By Gavin Vogt. Tropical Rainforest Facts. Tropical rainforests are located in warm regions. 50-260 inches of rain falls every year. 40% of Earth’s oxygen comes from tropical rainforests. Rainforests are now less that 6% of Earth’s surface.
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The Tropical Rainforest Biome By Gavin Vogt
Tropical Rainforest Facts • Tropical rainforests are located in warm regions. • 50-260 inches of rain falls every year. • 40% of Earth’s oxygen comes from tropical rainforests. • Rainforests are now less that 6% of Earth’s surface. • 70% of the plants in rainforests are trees. • Rosy periwinkle can heal a person of lymphocytic leukemia.
Tropical Rainforest Facts • ¼ of today’s medicines come from the rainforest. • There are more than 2, 500 types of vines in the tropical rainforest, some as thick as a human. • About half of all species of plants and animals live in the rainforest. • Bird droppings in the tropical rainforest grow into trees. • There have been tropical rainforests since dinosaurs lived.
Layers of the Rainforest • There are four main layers of the rainforest. • The emergent layer has the tallest trees and animals such as monkeys and eagles live here. • The most animals live in the canopy layer because it has fruit in abundance. • In the understory layer there are few plants and animals such as frogs and jaguars. • The forest floor is very dark and almost no plants grow.
Layers of the Rainforest • The trees in the emergent layer are usually evergreens and can grow to 200 feet high. • Trees with smooth, oval leaves live in the canopy layer. • Trees in the understory layer have large leaves to reach sunlight but rarely grow to 12 feet. • Herbs grow on the forest floor.
Animal Life • A new species of elephant, a forest elephant, was discovered in the rainforest. • Orangutans are the largest tree dwelling apes in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. • Chimpanzee communities have 15-100 chimps. • The Bengal tiger prefers to kill young or old animals because they are not as fast. • When a King Cobra is born, its venom is as strong as an adult’s venom.
Plant Life • Bengal bamboo can grow anywhere, even without sunlight. • Bougainvillea can be vines, trees, or shrubs with sharp thorns. • Coconut trees grow in hot rainforest areas. • Strangler figs, or Banyan trees, are very important to hundreds of animals. • Banyan trees bear different fruits at different times during the year.
