Emergent
Strangler fig
Equatorial tree
Abnormal
For humans to eat
To store sugar to use later
To attract animals
They feed it to fungus, which ant larvae eat
Ant larvae eat the leaves
Adult ants eat the leaves
They use it to build a nest
Carry them to pockets of water
Find pockets of water for them
All of the above
Lay eggs for tadpole food
It attracts insects the sloth eats
It acts as camouflage
Sloths eat algae and bacteria
It cools them off
Emergents and canopy
Forest floor and deep floor
Canopy and forest floor
Emergents and the sky
Rainforests get between 0 and 50 inches of rain a year.