Biodiversity in Temperate Rainforest: Plants
• The Canopy Layer of the Temperate Rainforest is controlled by large evergreen conifers, which are trees that produce cones with seeds, some examples would be Costal redwood, Douglas Fir, and Sitka Spruce.
• In the understory layer, you can find dogwood and vine maples. Ferns, salal, and berry shrubs grow beneath the small trees in the filtered sunlight.
• On the forest floor, there is a wide covering of low growing lichens, mosses, small plants, such as Oxalis, wild flowers, and grasses (Melody Shaw, 2003). (Image from National Park Service, 2016)
Biodiversity in Temperate Rainforest: Animals
• Most of the food in temperate rainforest is found in the understory and canopy layers.
• When cones
Many variations and species of plants can be found all around the world and in different habitats. These variations and characteristics are due to their adaptations to the natural habitat surrounding them. In three of many climatic zones, the arid, tropical and temperate zone, plants that vary greatly from each other are found in these locations. In this experiment, we’ll be observing the connection between the adaptations of the plants to their environment at the Fullerton Arboretum. The arboretum is a space containing numerous plants from different environments. The plants are carefully looked after and organized into their specific habitat. Therefore, we’ll be able to take a look at the plants within multiple
Plants make up most of the Pine Barrens. For instance, pine trees such as the short needles, pitch pines, jack pines, long needles, yellow pines, and many others make up most of the pine forest in the Pinelands. Other trees include the pine oaks and the cedar trees. Due to the roots of these cedar trees, water in the Pine Barrens appears a brownish red color. This
As a result of these factors, the flora has adapted to these conditions in a variety of ways including their shape, leaf type, root system, and color. One of the most prominent adapt...
the rainforest are about 70% of plants.the trees are very important and the trees actually give us
The emergent layer, which is also the highest layer, contains a small number of very large trees, called emergent, reaching heights of 45–55 m.
Many trees house other plants within their branches. Our Myrtle Oak tree has a symbiotic relationship with the Tillandsia air plant. The Tillandsia species are epiphytes or air plants because they normally grow without soil while being attached to another plant. (MacCaskey) This type of plant has no need for soil because its source of water and nutrients are absorbed through their leaves. The leaves are long and whip-like in shape with a silvery green
The nature preserve is a temperate broadleaf forest, which is typically a diverse area. This terrestrial biome is found mainly at midlatitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. Temperate Broadleaf forests happen to have a distinct set of vertical layers, including a closed canopy,
The Yasuni National Park possesses very diverse rainforest which significantly impact how the ecosystem functions; yet the the processes of disturbance and succession greatly affect them ("Yasuni National Park, Ecuador", "Ecuador Yasuni ITT Trust Fund" ). Just one hectare of the park contains more species of trees and bushes than all of North America ("Foreseeable Impacts of Oil Industry Activity in Yasuní")! There are a staggering 1762 species of trees and shrubs that have been identified in Yasuni, and approximately 400 of them are inherent to the region (“Foreseeable”). Hundreds of the plants in the previously untouchable zones have not even been classified or studied in depth (“Foreseeable”). The park is also paradise to a multitude of animal...
The rainforest is rained on constantly and experiences very warm temperatures, allowing for a profusion of animals and plants. The energy that is received is from the sun, converted to chemical energy by plants through photosynthesis. The process of photosynthesis is a source of food for consumers and produces oxygen for organisms. Producers of the Amazon would be plants, flowers, fruits, leaves, plankton, insects, larvae, and spiders. For example, A lot of water is released from the leaves of canopy trees during transpiration which explains the rainfall. The seeds and leaves feed many species of consumers. The trees are extremely tall and trap about 80% of sunlight. Many plants and animals live in or on the marsh grass surface because its roots and stalks protect them.
Tropical rainforests which is located between tropic of Capricorn and tropic of Cancer covered 12% of land surface few thousand years ago. However, today they o...
The rain forests are incredible places. They only cover 6 % of the world’s surface however they have more than ½ the world’s plant and animals species. A rain forest can be described as tall and thick jungles. There is a reason behind the forest being called a “Rain forest” and it is because the high rainfall it gets per year. On average, 50 to 260 inches of rain falls yearly. The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets higher than 34 ºC or drops below 20 ºC. The average humidity in a rainforest is between 77 to 88%. Rainfall is often more than 100 inches a year.
The tundra is known for its’ cold temperatures, but also its’ limited plant species. The growth of the vegetation is primarily low to the ground and the biomass of plants is concentrated in the roots. Here the plants reproduce more likely by division and building than by flower pollination. Some of that growthforms that you will find in the tundra include tussock, mats or cushion plants, rosettes, and dwarf shru...
Covering almost 2% of Earth, the rainforest is home to around 50% of Earth's plants and animals. The most common animals are, jaguars, many different types of monkeys like apes, spider monkeys, orangutans and so on, as well as multiple types of butterflies like the, blue morpho, monarch butterflies. Other common animals in a tropical rainforest is capybara, toco toucan, anaconda, python, poisonous dart frog as well as many others. Then to go along with all these consumers, there has to be producers.The common producers that you could find in a tropical rainforest is, banana trees, cocoa trees, orchids, victoria amazonica lilly pads, fig trees, palm trees, and many, many more. And with all these producers and consumers, there is definitely many symbiotic relationships in the rainforest. Most of the symbiotic relationships are commensalism and mutualism. I say mutualism because for example, when a monkey goes and gets banas frem and banana tree, the monkey is benefiting by getting the food it needs. Then when the monkey is done with the banana they throw it back to the forest where then it is decomposed into the ground to make fertile soil so more banana trees can
Thesis: Forests provide the earth with a regulated climate, strong biodiversity, and good nutrient rich soil for plants to strive on.
The global ecosystem is one of the epicenters for human needs, society and our environment. A forest ecosystem is an area that is composed of several plants, trees and other organisms. Majority of the foundation of forest ecosystems are inhabited by animals. Forest have several definitions, and meanings such as rainforest. Rainforest are mostly composed of trees, plants and animals that thrive off of these resources. Moreover, some of the needs that we have as humans come from forest. In order for one to understand how a forest ecosystem works they must analyze each portion from top to bottom. Every layer plays an important role in regards to human needs, society and our environment.