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Plants require light for photosynthesis but incase of tropical rainforest there is continuous rain then how plants survive there. Is it due to adaptation?

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A tropical forest is a type of forest found in areas with high regular rainfall and no more than two months of low rainfall.
Plants and animals living in the rainforest must deal with a host of challenges, including competition for food, near-constant rainfall and the threat of predators. Luckily, rainforest inhabitants have developed adaptations to cope with these challenges. The specific adaptations of rainforest plants and animals depend on the species, with four species, in particular, standing out for their ability to thrive in such a volatile location.
The leaves of forest trees have adapted to cope with exceptionally high rainfall. Many tropical rainforest leaves have a drip tip. It is thought that these drip tips enable raindrops to run off quickly. Plants need to shed water to avoid the growth of fungus and bacteria in the warm, wet tropical rainforest.
There are four main layers, the emergent, canopy, understory and forest floor (from highest to lowest). Rainforest layers are natural divisions that occur at different heights above the forest floor. Plants arranged like this for sunlight requirements.
we can conclude that in tropical rain forest plants do have adaptations to survive the climate in the tropical rainforest.


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