rainforest vegetation
Canopy layer plants
The plants and plant life found in rainforests—the dense, layered growth of trees, vines, ferns, and flowering plants that thrives in tropical and temperate regions with heavy rainfall.
Rainforest vegetation is characterized by towering canopy trees, understory plants adapted to low light, and extraordinary biodiversity: The expedition documented rainforest vegetation previously unknown to science.
- treesWoody plants with trunks
- shrubsLow woody plants
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
- buttress rootsFlared tree base extensions
- canopyOverhead protective covering
orchids · lianas · understory · bromeliads · strangler figs · epiphytes · Amazon basin · mosses · aerial roots · palms · seed dispersal · emergent layer · dense foliage · water filtration · grasses · tree frogs · vines · tropical plants