Rainforests Sample Chapter
Trees organise the structure of all rainforests, whether it is lowland, highland or relic rainforest.
The range of rainforest trees are discussed in this chapter, including many of those important to man.
Facts, Figures and Superlatives
- There are 6,350 species of tree known in Peru.
- Brazil is named after a tree - the Brazilwood.
- Brazil nuts are harvested almost entirely from the wild.
- Palm hearts are still collected from the wild unsustainably.
- Strangler figs germinate in the canopy.
- Balsa wood is used for rafting as well as modelling.
- Tall rainforest trees are used by monkeys for sleeping.
- The ariquara tree makes perfect telegraph poles.
Please read the sample chapter of Rainforest: Chapter 8 - Trees