erosion
the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
http://www.mongabay.com/images/malaysia/06/malaysia0413.JPG
taken by: Sofía Aizenman
drip tip
An elongated leaf tip from which excess water drips off, as found in plants of the rainforest.
http://image34.webshots.com/35/1/63/82/261916382LuWBkH_ph.jpg
epiphytes
A plant that grows on another plant and depends on it for support butnot food. Epiphytes get moisture and nutrients from the air or fromsmall pools of water that collect on the host plant.
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shallow root system
The roots of a strong tree which reach all the way to give nutrients to the tree.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ZU_mnylqaZo/R5WCqSJjddI/AAAAAAAABfM/pn5yNYy90SM/yaxchilan14.jpg
vines
A weak-stemmed plant that derives its support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
Any of various climbing, woody, usually tropical vines.
http://www.uwm.edu/People/schnitze/Lianas-BCI.jpg
emergent layer
http://www.rainforesteducation.com/ForKids/rainforest.JPG
canopy layer
This is the second tallest layer. It is like a roof for thetwo lower layers because so many leaves and branches are together that you can't see anything below it.
understory
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Understory_state_park.jpg
forest floor
This is lowest layer in the rainforest. It is very dark,and hardly any plants grow there. It is a place where decomposure occurs quickly.
taken by: Sofía Aizenman
water system
A system of supplying water, as throughout a metropolitan area.
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flowering plants
Plants which have stamen and pistils, and produce true seeds. All flowering plants have different types of flowers.
http://www.whitehouseplants.com/USERIMAGES/Geranium%20maculatum%20albiflorum.jpg
taken by: Sofía Aizenman
non-flowering plants
Plants that do not produce flowers, they are the oldest living plants in the world.
taken by: Sofía Aizenman
