Rainforest communities use a few species for drinking water whereas others are a source of poisons such as the famous curare.
Flowers on the rainforest floor.
Rafflesia arnoldii which bears the largest flower on earth exists among the sparse population of plants on the tropical rainforest floor.
Different stages of strangler vines or banyan.
In the picture on the right you can clearly see that very few plants grow on the dark rainforest floor itself.
A rainforest is defined by merriam webster as a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches 254 centimeters and marked by lofty broad leaved evergreen trees.
The forest floor is also a habitat for many insects such as ants.
The flowers range in color from pink to whitish pink and have the faint scent of almond.
The forest floor is covered in a layer of decomposition known as detritus.
Only their flowers appear outside their host.
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And animals such as the giant anteater.
As animals decompose along the forest floor nutrients seep into the soil and help feed plants that would otherwise be malnourished.
When leaves branches and fruit fall from the trees above they decompose quickly.
This plant is a parasite of rainforest lianas.
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Spreads on long running stems with upright stems branching off that support the distinctive paired flowers.
The vines start life on the forest floor like most of the rainforest plants and then grow towards sunlight using trees as support.
Heliconias are gorgeous plants with multicolored flowers that grow in the amazon rainforest of ecuador.
The rest of the plant lives.
The next plant in this amazon rainforest plants list is the beautiful passion flower a vine that is often seen hanging in the canopy of trees in the amazon rainforest.
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This unique flower is very distinct because of its white and purple flowers that have a seemingly plastic appearance and an intricate smell.
There is so little sunlight on the rainforest floor that very few plants grow there but there are animals that love the decaying plant matter that can be found.
Very common throughout the park often found carpeting sections of the forest floor.
Leaves are oval toothed and evergreen.