Tuesday, March 15, 2011

What are the Plants in the Rainforest?

The four main plants in the rainforest are:
  • Bromeliads
  • Orchids
  • Buttress Roots
  • Strangler Fig
Here are some pictures of them-
Bromeliads are part of the pineapple family. With their thick leves they catch water in the centre of all the leaves to grow.
Orchids a very colourful flowers with a range of 20,00 differennt types of flowers with beautiful amazing colours.
Buttress Roots are big roots that stick out of the ground to support the trees because the soil under the ground is very poor and only on the top of the ground is the soil good for roots to grow on.                                                                        
Strangler Fig is in the fig family and is known as the killer tree, as it rapes around other trees and strangles them.


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