Rainforest Report .
There are many plants living on the Forest floor. Some plants are very tiny and some plants are as big as the trees. The plants on the forest floor have to adapt to where they live because it's dark. The Forest floor doesn't get very much sunlight because the leaves on the trees of the canopy layer block the sunlight from getting to the floor. The rainforest produces more than 80 inches of rain per year. The plants have leaves that let the rain drip off because if they don't, it will brake the stalk of the plant if the water gets too heavy. The leaves are called drip tips.
A type of flower called the Liana will start out as a shrub growing on the Forest floor. Then it will grow onto a tree and they will grow together up to the Canopy layer in search of light. The Liana spreads when it hits the ground to try to help other climbing plants.
Another type of plant is called Bamboo. Bamboo, one of the fastest growing plants in the World, is found in Asian rainforests. Bamboo can grow 6 to 15 inches a day, and as tall as 120 feet. It is hard like wood but is a member of the grass family, believe it or not. Bamboo is used to build houses, rafts, bridges, mats, hats, fish traps, chopsticks and musical instruments in the tropics.
Another type of plant is called the Bromeliad, which is a type of pineapple. They have very stiff, hard leaves to let water get to the middle of the plant to make it grow and keep it healthy. This plant, if big enough, provides homes for insects and small water animals.
Some vines, like the Liana, are climber plants. Some vines go toward the ground for nutrients and others reach for sunlight. Vines that are strong are used by monkeys to swing from tree to tree or to take a rest from swinging. Some vines help support the plants on the Forest floor by burying themselves in the ground and anchoring its roots over the plants roots.
