lianas
Woody tropical climbers
Lianas are woody vines that root in the ground and climb trees to reach sunlight in forest canopies.
They're characteristic of tropical rainforests, where they loop between trees and sometimes strangle their hosts.
Tarzan swings on lianas.
The singular is liana or liane.
Coiling plant appendage
- woodyMade of tree-stuff
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- climberOne who scales
- creeperTrailing or climbing plant
wisteria · kudzu · ivy · grapevine · honeysuckle · bindweed · morning glory · bittersweet
Overhead protective covering
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
equatorial · Amazon · Congo · Borneo · biodiversity · ecosystem · habitat · dense
Wound around itself
- coiledArranged in spirals
- interlacedWoven together crosswise
- intertwinedTwisted together, connected
- knottedTied with loops
wrapped · snarled · looped · tangled · woven · entangled · spiraling · clinging
Moving upward
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- host treeTree bearing dependent organisms
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- attachmentConnection or fondness
anchor · vertical · upward · structural · parasitic · competition · overgrowth
tendril
Coiling plant appendage
creeper · wisteria · kudzu · ivy · grapevine · honeysuckle · bindweed · morning glory · bittersweet · philodendron
canopy
Overhead protective covering
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
tropical · equatorial · Amazon · Congo · Borneo · biodiversity · ecosystem · habitat · dense · tangled
twisted
Wound around itself
- coiledArranged in spirals
- interlacedWoven together crosswise
- intertwinedTwisted together, connected
knotted · wrapped · snarled · looped · tangled · woven · entangled · spiraling · clinging · grasping
ascending
Moving upward
attachment · anchor · vertical · upward · structural · parasitic · competition · overgrowth
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- rainforeststropical rainforest, canopy layer, forest floor, emergent layer, understory
- Amazon RainforestAmazon, tropical rainforest, Amazon rainforest, Amazon basin, jungle
- rainforest habitattropical rainforest, canopy, trees, jungle, dense vegetation
- rainforest lifetoucans, orangutans, macaws, sloths, parrots
- tropical forestscanopy layer, understory, epiphytes, forest floor, buttress roots
lianascanopy trees
Highest forest vegetation layer
shrubs · hardwood trees · palms · standing timber · epiphytes