2017 EcosystemEcosystem structure – stratification Easy Question 36 of 85 in Ecosystem

Presence of plants arranged into well defined vertical layers depending on their height can be seen best in:

A Tropical Savannah
B Tropical Rain Forest
C Grassland
D Temperate Forest

The answer is B.

Solution

Tropical rain forests show the most distinct stratification.

Tropical rain forests have five vertical strata based on plant height, i.e. ground vegetation, shrubs, short canopy trees, tall canopy trees and tall emergent trees.

Concept stratification-rain-forest

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