rainforest canopy
Treetop tropical layer
The rainforest canopy is the dense upper layer of a tropical rainforest, formed by the interlocking crowns of tall trees.
This zone, typically 20 to 40 meters above the forest floor, receives the most sunlight and hosts the greatest concentration of plant and animal life.
Researchers use rope bridges to study the rainforest canopy.
- lianasWoody climbing plants
- slothsExtremely slow arboreal mammals
- epiphytesPlants growing on others
- bromeliadsTropical plants, often epiphytic
- orchidsTropical flowering plants
strangler figs · tree frogs · bats · toucans · endemic species · monkeys · butterflies · aerial roots · carbon sequestration · green roof · hanging gardens · ecotourism · ferns · dense foliage · vines · parrots · branches · treetops
- tree covershade
- Amazon RainforestAmazon, tropical rainforest, Amazon rainforest, Amazon basin, jungle
- South American NatureAmazon rainforest, Andes, jaguar, anaconda, capybara
- tropical rainforestAmazon rainforest, tropical forests, sloths, howler monkeys, spider monkeys
- Atlantic Foresttropical ecosystem, native species, howler monkey, jaguar, ocelot
- ecotourismecotourism, ecotour, ecotours, nature reserve, Galapagos Islands
biome type
rainforest canopydesert
To leave behind completely
tundra · polar ice cap · open ocean · desert floor · bare rock