Layers of a Rainforest

There are four layers in the rainforest. They are:

1. Forest floor
2. Understory
3. Canopy
4. Emergent layer

These are the layers in order, from bottom to top:

FOREST FLOOR
Since hardly any sun reaches the forest floor, plants and leaves begin to decay quickly in this layer.

 UNDERSTORY LAYER

The understory layer is below the canopy. It gets a little bit of light. The plants there grow  to 12 feet  high.There is a variety of different animals that live there.

CANOPY

This is the primary layer of the forest and forms a roof over the two remaining layers.  

EMERGENT LAYER

The emergent layer is the last layer in the rainforest and it has the tallest trees .Some trees in the emergent layer grow to 200 feet above the forest floor.