Jungle And The Rain Forest
Beginning of paper
Jungle and rain forest are terms that are often used synonymously but with
little precision. The more meaningful and restrictive of these terms is
rain forest, which refers to the climax or primary forest in regions with
high rainfall (greater than 1.8 m/70 in per year), chiefly but not
exclusively ....
Middle of paper
.... followed by abandonment.
Types of Rain Forest
Rain forests may be grouped into two major types: tropical and temperate.
Tropical rain forest is characterized by broadleaf evergreen trees forming
a closed canopy, an abundance of vines and epiphytes (plants growing on the
trees), a relatively open forest floor, and a very large number of species
of both plant and animal life. The largest trees have buttressed trunks and
emerge above the continuous canopy, while smaller trees commonly form a
la ....
------------------
Word count: 782
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
