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