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How tall are the trees in the emergent layer?

Actually the trees in the emergent layer can grow up to 125 ft which is 38m


What plants can you find in the emergent layer?

In the emergent layer of the rainforest, you can find tall trees such as kapok trees, emergent palms, and the giant ceiba tree. These trees have adapted to the intense sunlight and provide habitat for animals like birds and insects.


What do you call trees that grow above the cover woven from other trees?

Emergent


How tall does the tree's grow to in the emergent layer?

The trees in the emergent layers can range from heights 35 to 50 meters.


What are a few species of trees in the rain forest?

Cinchona, Emergent


What does the emergent layer look like?

full of trees and foggy


What layer of the rainforest do spider monkeys live in?

They live in what is called the understory , the elevated but shaded sections of the trees. The two higher levels are the canopy and emergent level (high trees). Some leaf-eating monkeys, such as the colobus, live in the emergent trees.


What are emergent trees?

Emergent trees are the very tallest trees in the rainforest. They are the ones "emerging" from the canopy, and can be as tall as 60 metres or more, towering over the canopy of the rainforest. Mostly birds and insects live there.


What job does the emergent layer do?

the emergant layer shields all the trees from the sun


Are there kapok trees in the understory layer?

Kapok trees are typically found in the emergent layer of tropical rainforests rather than the understory layer. They are one of the tallest trees in the rainforest and have a distinctive cone-shaped crown that rises above the canopy. However, some smaller saplings or younger kapok trees may be found in the understory layer as they grow towards the canopy.


Does the black faced spider monkey live in the emergent layer of the rainforest?

No. They live in the canopy or lower canopy. One species that does live in the higher emergent trees is the colobos monkey.


How tall can the talest emergent trees grow?

Probably, right around 3 feet tall.