tropical canopy
Forest's leafy roof
The tropical canopy is the dense upper layer of a rainforest, formed by the crowns of tall trees that create an almost continuous covering.
This layer intercepts most sunlight and rainfall, supporting extraordinary biodiversity—many species live their entire lives without descending to the forest floor.
Researchers used rope bridges to study life in the tropical canopy.
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- jungleDense tropical forest
- treetopsUppermost forest branches
- vinesClimbing, trailing plants
- hanging vinesSuspended climbing vegetation
monkeys · howler monkeys · parrots · humidity · lush · foliage · epiphytes · emergent · leafy · dense · orchids · ferns · bromeliads · howler · toucan · bird calls · sloth · tree frogs
tropical canopyforest floor
Ground beneath trees
understory · leaf litter · root zone · emergent layer · buttress roots
tropical canopyboreal forest
Subarctic coniferous woodland zone
taiga · polar ice cap · polar region · alpine zone · frozen wasteland
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