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Would you expect many of the plants growing on the forest floor to have large or small leaves?Why?

Answer 1

Large leaves, they need more space to catch the sunlight. If it's on the bottom then it's not as easy for the sun to get to it. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

i would think larger leaves because of the fact that on the forest floor they are soaking up a lot of moisture and they may not catch a lot of direct sunlight but get plenty of light around them. at least that's what i think

Answer 3

Generally floor (ground) plants have smaller leaves except for ferns. Not sure why.

Answer 4

An ecological description of the forest of La Fumée Mountain is provided in order to relate species of Lecythidaceae to the forest in which they grow. The description is based on a sample of 800 trees with minimum diameters of 10 cm and on general observations and botanical collections. The forest is characterized by a relatively high percentage of trees with: buttresses (34%); simple (58.5%), entire (94.1%), mesophyll (88.0%), mostly evergreen leaves; and latex, resin, or distinctive sap (42.7%). Species of Lecythidaceae at La Fumée Mountain are: buttressed (39%) or unbuttressed (61%); with simple (100%), entire (58.5%) or serrate (41.5%), evergreen (93.8%) or deciduous (6.2%) leaves; without latex, resin, or sap. Vascular epiphytes are found on 51% and lianas on 42% of the trunks of all trees. Epiphytes are probably not more abundant because of the well-defined dry season from August through November and because of the relatively dry microclimate where the transects were located. Size class distribution of tree diameters shows the reverse J-shaped distribution typical of most forests which, along with the relatively large average tree size, indicates that this forest has not undergone major disturbance in the recent past. Three tree strata are present (emergent, canopy, and understory), and species of Lecythidaceae are found in all three. Tetragastris altissima (Burseraceae) is the most frequent species occurring in 25 out 40 sampling units. Eschweilera coriacea and Couratari stellata are the most frequent species of Lecythidaceae.

Total tree density (DBH ³ 10 cm) is 619 individuals per hectare, with Tetragastris altissima and Quararibea turbinata (Bombacaceae) the most common species. Eschweilera coriacea, Courtari stellata, and Gustavia hexapetala are the most dense species of Lecythidaceae. Total basal area is 53.0 m� per hectare which yields a relatively high 856.2 cm� per individual. Tetragastris altissima has the greatest basal area of all trees and Couratari stellata is the most dominant Lecythidaceae. Calculation of importance values shows that Tetragastris altissima is the ecologically most important species at La Fumée Mountain (IV = 17.9). The forest is dominated by relatively few species as 8.8% of them account for 42.5% of the importance value of the sample. The five most important families in order of importance are: Burseraceae, Sapotaceae, Lecythidaceae, Mimosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae. La Fumée Mountain is incredibly rich in tree species as is indicated by the appearance of 295 species in the 800 tree sample. Nevertheless, the same sample only included about 53.8% of the total species present in the vicinity of Sa�l. The authors estimate that 546 species of trees with minimum diameters of 10 cm occur in the 133,600 hectares of the proposed biological reserve.

Answer 5

I would say small do to the lack of sun