Large leafed shrubs and saplings new trees grow in the patches of sunlight.
Floor of a forest.
It mainly consists of shed vegetative parts such as leaves branches bark and stems existing in various stages of decomposition above the soil surface.
The forest floor is the bottom layer of the rainforest and its also the darkest layer of the rainforest.
Definition of forest floor.
The forest floor is the lowest layer where it is dark hot and damp.
Decomposition is the process by which fungi and microorganisms break down dead plants and animals and recycle essential materials and nutrients.
The forest floor is very dark in a rainforest and hence it is not the home to many plants.
There is too little sunlight here for plants to grow.
Also many of the largest rainforest animals are found on the forest floor.
The forest floor of covered with yellow and orange leaves forest floor tree fall.
The forest floor is also where decomposition takes place.
The forest floor also called detritus duff and the o horizon is one of the most distinctive features of a forest ecosystem.
Only two percent of sunlight gets through the thick canopy trees and understory plants to reach the forest floor.