Floor Of A Forest

Decomposition is the process by which fungi and microorganisms break down dead plants and animals and recycle essential materials and nutrients.

Floor of a forest.

The forest floor of covered with yellow and orange leaves forest floor tree fall. There is too little sunlight here for plants to grow. The richly organic layer of soil and debris characteristic of forested land. The forest floor is the bottom layer of the rainforest and its also the darkest layer of the rainforest.

Only two percent of sunlight gets through the thick canopy trees and understory plants to reach the forest floor. Definition of forest floor. The forest floor is also where decomposition takes place. Large leafed shrubs and saplings new trees grow in the patches of sunlight.

The forest floor is very dark in a rainforest and hence it is not the home to many plants. 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. The forest floor is the lowest layer where it is dark hot and damp. Although principally composed of non living organic material the forest floor also teems with a wide variety of fauna and flora.