emergent layer
yes it does live in the rainforest
Strangler Fig Epiphytes
they are found in all tropical rainforest
.Teak .strangler fig .kapok
Strangler fig,Bengal Bamboo, and Tulda
THE Strangler fig is used to track down stranglers
dark parts of the forest
Orchids, buttress roots, strangler fig, Fungus and ferns,
the strangler fig climbs onto another tree and strangles it until it dies and then the fig is attached to the dead tree
They mainly live in New Guinea, but are also resident in the eastern Australia.
The strangler fig tree have many adaptations one being that the strangler figs start their lives off as epiphytes, plants that do not root in the soil in their first stages of life, as at the ground level of the rainforest there is little light and a huge amount of competition for water and nutrients meaning that the majority of plants that start off on the ground have to adapt or die. The strangler fig has adapted by using other trees to get itself into the canopy where it is lighter. Once the strangler fig sprouts roots, it begins to use them to strangle the tree. as well as this it competes with the host tree for nuitrients and water, then the strangler fig has a large growth spurt, and once it begins to grow leaves they are very large and they tend to cover those of the host plant. The Strangler fig uses alot of these adaptations to become able to grow into a strong healthy plant.
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