Much like deciduous forests, tropical rainforests are made up of a number of layers. The ground layer is very dark and due to the heat is very steamy, with only 2% of light penetrating through.

This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands, temperate deciduous forests, Mediterranean scrub, coniferous ...

This helps the plants and trees to flourish. Similar to a tropical rainforest, deciduous woodland is made up of four different layers. Depending how wet it is on the ground, you may find mosses ...

The latest plant fossil discoveries suggest that tropical plants from the polar forest moved north as the ... to absorb more sunlight and became deciduous to preserve resources during the winter ...