Plants of the Rainforest

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Plants of the Rainforest
MT & PK Productions
Space Radiation Lab
California Institute of Technology

More than two thirds of the world's plant species are found in the tropical rainforests: plants that provide shelter and food for rainforest animals as well as taking part in the gas exchanges which provide much of the world's oxygen supply.

Rainforest plants live in a warm humid environment that allows an enormous variation rare in more temperate climates: some like the orchids have beautiful flowers adapted to attract the profusion of forest insects.

Visit the web site to learn about different plants.