tropical+wafffles_+plants

__The bougainvillea plant__
=the bougainvillea grows in the biome of the Amazon rainforest in South America. this bueatiful plant can grow to be up to 30 feet It can either be vines, trees, or shrubs with sharp thorns. the leaves of the bougainvillea are heart shaped with droppy tips. bougainvilleas dont like swampy areas because it dosent have a lot of soil drainage. it can live with a lot of waterbut it dosent like to hold the water for long.=



__strangler figs__
=strangler figs are one of the most important plant speices in the rainforest ecosystem. there are around 1,000 different species of ficus, which can be found in every major tropical and rainforest. Many many animals such as parrots pigeons gibbons monkeys horn bills toucans and fruit eating bats eat the sweet figs from these trees. Because they are so important to the animals of the tropical rainforest figs are considered a “keystone” species. There is a constant supply of fruit for the animals because different types of figs give fruit at various times of the year. In some areas up to 70% of the animals us figs for the main part of their diet. Strangler figs can grow to be 148 feet tall. They make up some of the tropical canopy. They actually grow in a fig tree and when their roots reach the ground the cut off the other tree’s nutrients, or strangle it. Then it grows lots of thick leaves and ill the older tree from lack of sunlight and strangulation. = = Mary Jo Lisa =