PlantsPlants play a big role in the tropical rainforest. They provide food, shelter, and protection for some animals. Ferns and figs are a very popular plant to find in tropical rainforest. Fig trees produce a fruit several times a year that hundreds of animals eat. Plants in this biome have to adapt. Especially plants on the forest floor, they have to adapt to only getting 3 percent of the sun's light . Some other adaptations would be the adaptation of dealing with poor soil, and large amounts of rain.The four layers of a tropical rain forest are emergent, canopy, understory, forest floor, and soil. The emergent layer has giant trees with mushroom crowns, and the canopy has tight irregular crowns.
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