Tropical Rain Forest
- Canopy is formed from the ends of tall trees meeting.
- Under the canopy a second layer of trees and vines form the understory.
- Hot and wet year round
- Nutrient-poor soil
- All forms of greens
- Herbivores, Birds, Insects, Fish, and Reptiles
Tropical Dry Forest
- Rainfall is highly seasonal
- Trees shed their leaves to conserve water during dry seasons
- Warm, alternating wet and dry seasons
- Rich soil that can have erosion take place
- Succulents, orchids, bromeliads, and tall trees that create a canopy during wet seasons
- Tigers, monkeys, large herbivores, insects, many large mammals, birds, and reptiles.
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