Endangered Rain Forests: Investigating Rain Forests in Crisis

Endangered Rain Forests: Investigating Rain Forests in Crisis — page 3
What's in a Rain Forest EMERGENT TREE Most rain forests are tropical rain forests These forests grow near the equator They are wet and warm year round They grow in Central and South America Africa Asia and Australia CANOPY Rain forest trees grow to different heights Canopy trees are big and tall shading over the other trees Emergent trees shoot out above the canopy Sub canopy trees grow right under the canopy Below the sub canopy are the understory trees More plants grow along the forest floor SUB CANOPY UNDERSTORY Each layer of the rain forest supports different life forms FOREST FLOOR