Rain Forest BiomeRain Forest Biome

By:Marissa Pate

Nickol StanfordAmanda Tassillo

By:Marissa Pate

Nickol StanfordAmanda Tassillo

The Levels of the Rain Forest

• The ground level• Under story- 10M

or 33ft• Canopy- 30m or

98ft• Emergent- 50m or

164ft

Different types of plantsClimbersJust uses

another tree for a support.

Grows from bottom to top!

StranglersCompletely

taking over the whole tree.

They grow from top to bottom!

Figs (ficus)

There are many types of figs in the rain forest.

Botree (ficus religiosa)

India-rubber fig (ficus elastica)

Weeping fig(ficus benjamina)

Banyan tree (ficus benghalensis)

Banyan

tree

Rafflesia arnoldii

The largest flower in the world!! It measures about 3ft in diameter Grows on the southeast Asian

rainforest

Bromeliad

An epiphyte whose upturned leaves captured water to provide moisture and a breeding ground for the animals in the canopy

Pictures of the rainforest