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because when the trees are form the nutrics gose from the tree in to the ground :)
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Where do plants living in the rainforest get their nutrients?
the plants living in the rainforest get their nutrients from the rainforest soil.
Why is rainforest soil nutrient poor?
Heavy rain washed off the nutrients from the rainforest's soil.
Soil formation in the rainforest?
The top soil of the rainforest doesnt contain many nutrients, and the top soils minerals are washed away with the soil due to rainfall. The plants are adapted to the soil by them containing nutrients within themselves, therefore not needing soils rich in nutrients and minerals.:)- that's all i know.....
What type of soil is in a rainforest?
High in decomposing organic matter, low in nutrients.
What are some nonliving things in a tropical rainforest?
Some nonliving things in a rainforest are clouds, rocks, and soil. Soil is not neccesarily nonliving. The nutrients inside of it are living, but soil is not.
What is the quality of soil in the tropical rainforest?
Soil quality includes several parameters, but it is likely that you are asking about the fertility of tropical rainforest soils, because many other aspects of soil quality are unrelated to the soil's position on the globe.Soil fertility in tropical rainforest soils is low. This is because of the warm climate and the availability of water, both of which increase microbial activity, chemical reaction times, and the leaching of soluble soil constituents.The warm, moist environment causes the rapid breakdown of minerals and additions of organic matter (dead leaves and other plant parts, etc.) and then the removal of these breakdown products by living plants and rainwater. Plant nutrients are often locked up as part of soil minerals and soil organic matter. The rainforest environment decomposes these more complex, insoluble substances, and the rapidly growing plants of the rainforest take these nutrients up. Any nutrients not taken up by the plants are then easily washed out of the soil (this is called leaching of nutrients).The nutrients in a rainforest ecosystem are contained within the plants, rather than the soils. If the plants are harvested and removed, the nutrients go with them.
What biome has the worst soil?
The rainforest has very poor soil because most of the nutrients in the rainforests are not in the soil, but in the plants themselves. This is why you cannot regrow a rainforest once it is cut down. Without the plants, it's impossible to regrow anything in the rainforest's soil. Desert soil is also very poor in organic matter and has very poor water holding capacity, just like the rainforest. I'm not sure which of these is the correct answer to this question
What is The rapid rate of a process in tropical forests resulting in low nutrient soil?
Most rainforest soil is highly acidic and does not contain adequate nutrients. This is because decayed material that would normally be absorbed into the soil is processed quickly, leaving no chance for nutrients and minerals to stay behind in the soil.
What is the difference between soils aridisol and oxisol?
Aridisols(soil) Is found in the desert. It is has a very light complexion, but is very nutrient based. The problem is it has too much nutrients, which make it rocky sandy. Oxisol(soil) Is a tropical rainforest soil. This wet soil has a reddish color with a texture of clay. This soil has little nutrients, because all the nutrients is pick up by the foliage or plant life in a matter of weeks.
Why is the Amazon rainforest got fragile soil?
because as organic material decays, it is recycled so fast that few nutrients ever actually reach the soil, leaving it almost sterile.
Is the soil rich or poor in the amazonm rainforest?
there is rich soil in the amazon rainforest.
What is the soil in the Amazon rainforest like?
Soil in the tropical rainforest's is very nutrient poor. The topsoil is only one to two inches (2.5 to 5 centimeters) deep. The only reason plant life is so lush is because the plants store the nutrients in themselves rather than getting them from the soil. When plants decay, other growing plants tap the nutrients from the dead matter and reuse nutrients left over from that plant. This is why farmers can only use the rainforest's soil for one or two years after they clear cut it, before all nutrients are stripped from the soil.The reason the soil so infertile is because it is more than 100 million years old, and has taken a beating from the elements. After time, rain washes minerals out of the soil, leaving it more acidic and nutrient poor. Soil exposed to the heat and condensed sunlight turns it into red clay. Other soils just cannot deal with minerals, and turn it into compounds useless to plants. There are some fertile patches of soil in the rainforest's, but they are scattered throughout the thick vegetation.
