Floor Of A Forest

The forest floor is very dark in a rainforest and hence it is not the home to many plants.

Floor of a forest.

Definition of forest floor. The forest floor is also where decomposition takes place. Decomposition is the process by which fungi and microorganisms break down dead plants and animals and recycle essential materials and nutrients. Large leafed shrubs and saplings new trees grow in the patches of sunlight.

Although principally composed of non living organic material the forest floor also teems with a wide variety of fauna and flora. 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 of covered with yellow and orange leaves forest floor tree fall. The richly organic layer of soil and debris characteristic of forested land.

Also many of the largest rainforest animals are found on the forest floor. The forest floor is the lowest layer where it is dark hot and damp. A forest floor with fallen trees and purple flowers with the sunlight shining throught the canopy of the forest old trees in a forest with the floor covered with moss. There is too little sunlight here for plants to grow.