Lots of things are made from wood everyday but it has nowhere near the same production that hemp has. Along with what Dean Curran wrote, David A. Bainbridge writes in his article “Ecocomposite: Hemp Fibers” that, “Hemp can produce 3-8 dry tons of fiber per acre which is four times what an average forest can yield. Hemp grows very densely which does not allow room for weeds and no herbicides are needed for farming industrial hemp” (Bainbridge). Hemp produces more fibers then wood, it also produces more quickly and rapidly then wood does. Trees may take up to 20 to 30 years to fully grow before a person can use that wood and timber to create
The light was different between the two sites because the canopy in the forest significantly reduced the amount of light that was able to shine through. This difference in light could account for the trend observed in air temp, shallow soil temp, and deep soil temp. Since there was more sunlight present in the grassy area, with minimal coverage, the temperature was higher in all three measurements compared to the forest
Tree To¬¬¬ps Valley Discussion Questions: 7/1/12 2) What factors would account for the differences in tree species from the higher elevations of Tree Tops Valley, where pine trees dominated, to the lower part of the valley, which seemed to be mostly broad-leafed trees? In the higher elevations pine trees dominated due to the type of soil and the amount of sunlight available for the trees. The lower part of the valley had small spring-fed streams interlacing the growth of broad-leafed trees. Also, it is too cold at higher elevations for broad-leafed trees to survive. The valley and surrounding hillsides included different species such as black walnut hardwoods, red and silver maple, beech, red and white oaks, sycamores, white ash, yellow poplar, black and pin cherries, and some softer wooded aspen, sweet birch, and American basswood (a.k.a.
e. both are fiercely competitive and cannot coexist. 1 18. The pioneering work of Nalini Nadkarni in rain forest ecology revealed that: a. epiphyte mats in some tropical forests contain nutrient quantities equal to the nutrient content of the canopy foliage. b. the epiphyte mass in temperate rain forests may be four times the mass of leaves on their host tree. c. in both temperate and tropical rain forests, trees obtain nutrients by extending roots into epiphyte mats.
These are: • The Bottom Layer • The Middle Layer • The Top Layer The Bottom Layer - This consists of ferns, small plants and saprophytes. The Middle Layer - This layer has trees, ferns and eprophytes. The Top Layer- This layer contains tall trees that have buttress roots. • The leaves of the tall trees will form a continuous canopy which will shut out most of the light at the ground level resulting in little undergrowth. • The majority of the trees in the rainforest are broad leaf and green which helps in getting rid of excess water through transpiration and leafs will protect themselves through a drip tip.
In this case study we will be looking closely at the tropical rainforest in the Amazonia region of South America. Where is this Rainforest? The term, Amazon rainforest, is used to basically talk about the moist and broadleaved region of what is known as the Amazon Basin, which is around 7 million km squared and covers areas of mainly Brazil, Colombia, Peru and many more South American countries. This rainforest accounts for around 50% of the world’s remaining rainforests. Amazonian rainforests contain the biggest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest that there is to be found.
There is no real 0domination of one particular species in the Rain Forest and the Trees are typical evergreen trees. Today Madagascar is home to nearly 60 lemurs. Some other types of changes would be the climate change, hunters, and deforestation. I think their biggest threat is that of deforestation on the island. This is a great loss to their habitat Which types of lemurs are adapting to the changes?
World Distribution Tropical forests are found near the equator in Central and South America, parts of Africa and Asia. They are hot and humid and contain a huge variety of plants and animals - around half of all the world's species. The trees are mostly hardwood. The climate is called equatorial. Average Temperature Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group.
Temperatures in the forests range from 30 to –65 degrees Fahrenheit; the amount of sunlight that the forests receive depends on what time of year it is. During the winter Boreal Forests get only a few hours of sun while in the summer they can receive up to 20 hrs of sunlight. Depending on the year the forest can acquire between 20 to 200 cm of precipitation, mostly in snow. The Boreal forest floors are usually muddy and swampy due to melted snow. Due to the fact that Boreal forest have acidic soil because of fallen conifer needles that accumulate on the forest floor, the amount of plants that can grow are limited.
Choose a spot you're sure you can live with as these plants don't take kindly to frequent relocations. Water the fig only when the top inch of soil is dry to the touch; fiddle-leaf figs do not tolerate wet feet. They may not like wet soil. but they do like humidity so mist the plant every few days, especially during the winter. The large leaves of the fiddle-leaf fig are prone to collecting dust, which can interrupt photosynthesis.