Tropical Rain Forest

Southeast AsiaWest AfricaSouth and central America

Climate: • warm and wet year

round.• temperature: 25-

27˚C• rainfall: 2000–4000

mm

Soil: • nutrient-poor• acidic• thin and low in

organic matter

•Trees: 40m

•1 hectare has up to 300 tree species

•1 tree may have several thousand insects

•Plants rely on ants and mites to live

•Hummingbirds reproduce plants

•Trees, plants, vines compete for light and space

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RICE

BANANAS

SUGARCANE

25 % RX

99% chance with Rosy Periwinkle