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The tallest trees, the emergent layer, can be over 200ft (60m) tall. The canopy layer is about 30-40m (100-130 ft). The understorey layer is about 15-30m and the shrub layer is about 8m tall.

The Kapok tree is believed to be the biggest tree of the Amazon rainforest, as it can grow to 200 feet tall and the trunk can be 10 or 11 feet in diameter.

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