Provide some examples of how plants adapt to the low light condition at the lower layers of the rainforest.
(As the canopy layer of the tropical rainforest prevents sunlight from reaching the lower layers of the forest, some plants adapted to the low light condition by growing on the tree branches to get more sunlight.)
- Epiphytes e.g. bird nest ferns grow on tree branches for support to obtain more sunlight.
- Lianas wind round tree trunk and grow upwards to obtain sunlight.
- Parasites grow on plants and take food from them.
- Young trees and other smaller plants grow at gaps of canopy where they can get light.
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