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OK HI SEXY GREEN PEOPLE!!! we went to bukit timah on 20th January 2011 (SO SEXY!)
We learned many things about the rainforest and guess what! there is only 6% of the rainforest in the world left!!!! and in Singapore we cleared more than 90% of our forested areas are being deforested for LAND!(OMG MAN! SO UNSEXY!)DID YOU KNOW that the rain forest have the most amount of animal and plant variety and the number of variety of both animals and plants in Singapore are equivalent or even more then the whole of USA!(SEXY!)
There are around 900 flowering plants and around 100 fern species and 100 non flowering plants.(OMG!!)
-Emergent , canopy , under story , shrub and undergrowth layer.
Here is where i start=)!!! WEEE!!!
See those dangling thingys??? Its the roots of a fern!!!SO LONG~!
IM A CLIMBER! i climb up trees with the use of tendrills. I need to climb up the tree so that i can get my sunlight!=) BWAHAHAHA!!! |
A Terentang is a tree which only can live for 15-20 years=( so sad! |
A Terentang |
ELLO! im a bad lilly=) I live near the ground where its moist and low sunlight as it is the condition where i best live in=) |
Im a Peacock fern, i live at the undergrowth layer!! i love humid and low sunlight area |
Im a leaf little plant =)! i trap dead leaves in the middle of my leaves and i have roots on top as well so i can absorb the nutrients from the decomposing leaves |
HEARD THIS NAME BEFORE!? yea i am a TEMPINIS a strong canopy tree which can be used as plywood=)
Another Pic of a TEMPINIS
Im a scorpion tail plant! my new leaves looks like a scorpion tail which describes my name =) |
Im a moss!! leaving way below at the undergrowth layer! i hate sunlight and lvoe moist area
OMG AT LAST A FUNGI!! i help in decomposition=) YEA BABY!
a decomposing log, it has a hollow inner trunk because i have a soft middle!
MONINTOR LIZZARD FERN! i hav a monintor lizzard underside describing my name =)
my under side of the leaf contains spore bags to reproduce
WILD GINGER=) eat me = bad breath!
RATTHAN! i have a spikey leaf where i can cling on to trees.. i can be used to make a cane to smack u!
ANOTHER PIC OF A RATTHAN
A EMERGENT TREE! (NAMELESS =P)
RAIN DRIP TIP LEAF
A CROSS LEG SPIDER
lycan, a mix of fungi and algae, this means the air quality is good
PIC BELOW
AN EMERGENT TREE ABOUT 50M high !!! WTF!!
Here's a canopy tree
My name is Sepui, Red DhupDID YOU KNOW!?
that in the rainforest there is almost 100% transpiration and humidity.
a few hundred years are needed to grow the trees.
its a source of drugs to cure sickness
the roots help prevent oil erosion by clinging on the soil
habitat for animals!
i can make biodegradable plastics by using trees