ogs, vultures, hawks, golden eagles, peregrine falcons, and condors. Each of these has made unique adaptations to live in this biome. An additional main biome is the tropical rainforest. The tropical rain forest is one of the earths most distinctive biomes. There are 3 types are subtropical, monsoon, and equatorial. The climate has mostly warm, humid temperatures. The annual rainfall is approximately 20-30 inches. Depending on the time of year the temperatures vary. Summer temperatures are about 95-100 F and winter temperatures are about 70-80 F. Most tropical rain forests are located between 10 degree N and 10 degrees S latitude. This makes the climates for that vegetation found there suitable.If you were to explore the entire rainforests youd find approximately 1500 species of flowering plants and 750 species of trees. The rain forest contains over 50% of worlds population in plants and animals. It covers roughly 5 billion acres of land. There are 3 layers of trees that can be found there. The first and most top layer is the emergent, which are widely spaced trees 100-120 ft tall with canopies above the general canopy of the forest. The second, middle layer is a closed canopy of 80-foot trees. Here light is available to this layer, but blocks out the light of lower lays. The third layer is a closed canopy of 60-foot trees. This is where little air movement occurs and there is high humidity. Another lower layer is the shrub/sapling layer. In this place of the forest less than 3% of light reaches here. Then there is the ground layer where there is spare plant growth that receives around 1% of light reaches. Some of the characteristics of the tropical trees involve Buttresses (woody flanges at the base of the trunk), large leaves (that help to intercept light), drip tips on the leaves (helps drainage of precipitation of the leaf), thin bark (often 1-2 mm thick), and development of fruits and flowers from the base of ...
