Tropical Rainforest

Climate:

27 - 30 degrees all year round.

Rainfall = 2000 - 3000 mm per year

The soil in the rainforest is called latosol.

The soil is quite infertile because the rain leaches the nutrience quickly through the soil.

Vegetation

• The shrub layer. It is dark and gloomy with very little vegetation between the trees. During heavy rainfalls this area can flood.
• The under canopy is the second level up. There is limited sunlight. Saplings wait here for larger plants and trees to die, leaving a gap in the canopy which they can grow into. Woody climbers called lianas avoid having to wait for gaps by rooting in the ground and climbing up trees to get…