Large leafed shrubs and saplings new trees grow in the patches of sunlight.
Forest floor layer of the rainforest animals.
Dead leaves fallen from the plants in the layers above cover the ground.
Dead leaves fallen from the plants in the layers above cover the ground.
Cats armadillos and anteaters.
Leaves that fall to the forest floor decay quickly.
About 50 90 of the life in a rainforest lives in this section.
Decomposition is the process by which fungi and microorganisms break down dead plants and animals and recycle essential materials and nutrients.
A large number of small mammals birds reptiles and predators like the jaguar inhabit this layer.
The understory layer could be described as the middle part of the flora system.
The forest floor is generally dark and damp and is home to many plants insects amphibians spiders small mammals and lizards.
Only two percent of sunlight gets through the thick canopy trees and understory plants to reach the forest floor.
The forest floor is also where decomposition takes place.
It is also the most humid part of the rainforest.
The forest floor is teeming with animal life particularly insects and arachnids also larger animals such as jaguars pumas gorillas anteaters and large snakes like the anaconda and the boa constrictor.
The forest floor is the bottom layer of the rainforest and its also the darkest layer of the rainforest.
Thousands of insects butterflies and birds such as toucans are drawn to live in the canopy because of the abundance of food.
Shade tolerant shrubs small trees woody vines and herbs comprise the vegetation of this layer.
Large leafed shrubs and saplings new trees grow in the patches of sunlight.
The forest floor is the darkest of all rainforest layers making it extremely difficult for plants to grow.
Common animals in emergent layer are birds such as harpy eagles scarlet macaw etc bats some insects pygmy gliders rainforest monkeys such as capuchin monkeys squirrel monkeys etc and morpho butterflies blue colored ones.
The trees found in this layer take huge advantages of the heights they are in.
Decomposer s such as termites slugs scorpions worms and fungi thrive on the forest floor.
The tropical rainforest layer between the forest floor and the canopy is the understory layer and it receives only about 5 of the sunlight.
Some of the largest animals make a living on the rainforest floor.
Only two per cent of sunlight gets through the thick canopy trees and understorey plants to reach the forest floor.
The forest floor is the lowest layer where it is dark hot and damp.
The forest floor is home to many different forest floor animals.
The rainforest canopy is also home to the greatest amount of animals compared with other layers of this forest.
There is no grass here.
