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Q: Why are forest floor plants so small?
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Why does it take forever for the rain to hit the forest floor?

There is plants and trees in the way so the rain hits the plants.


Why the plants on the forest floor have dark green leaves all year around?

god said so


How do small trees get sunlight in the forest?

Small trees in a forest usual suffer from lack of sunlight, and can become stunted and spindly. Only if a mature tree falls, so opening a patch of forest floor to sunlight, will the small tree have any chance to grow tall.


What is the plant life in forest floor layer in India?

The forest floor of the rain forest is so thick and tight that little light gets down to the floor. Light is essential for plant life.


Do tapirs live on the forest floor?

Tapirs are native to the rainforests of Latin America and Asia. They cannot climb trees, so they live on the forest floor. The forest floor in a tropical rainforest is called the understory.


Why does only 20 percent of rainwater reach the the forest floor?

This is because the there are so many trees that it doesn't reach the forest floor.


Why do few plants grow on the forest floor?

very little sunlight makes it to the rainforest floor


Why would you find no growth on the floor of the rain forest?

Because theres no sunshine to reach the forest floor so that results in most things not growing


Why does the tapir live on the forest floor?

so they can be more safe


Why is the rainforest floor so dark?

The forest floor is dark because the trees are dense and tall above so they can collect as much sun light as possible. This means that only 2% of sun light reaches the forest floor.


What kind of animals live in forest floor?

snake, ants I know one is the Jaguar.


Why do you think decompositionrottingtakes place so quickly on the forest floor?

There is alot of bacteria on the forest floor that makes things like trees root really quickly