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Define Forests.
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Soil moisture is sufficient, trees form a closed canopy, Complex vertical structure.
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What are the types of forests?
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Rain, Deciduous, Coniferous.
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What is the structure of the rain forest?
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Emergent canopy, Canopy, Lower canopy; shrubs, saplings, ferns, and tall herbs; ground layer and roots.
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What is the structure of a temperate deciduous forest?
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Upper canopy (dominant & codominant trees), lower tree canopy, shrub layer, and ground layer (herbs, ferns, and mosses.
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What is the structure of a coniferous forest?
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Not layerd, pines, spire shaped, pyramidal open crowns.
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What are woodlands?
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Tree stands with less moisture and no closed canopy.
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What are savannahs?
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Defies any general decription and is an array of vegetation types representing a continuum of increasing cover of woody vegetation.
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What are the three large groups of rainforests?
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Amazon Basin in South America, Indo-Malaysian area, and West Africa.
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