The forest: structure and ecosystem

The forest structure and ecosystem

The definition of the term forest is quite complex and its origin imprecise. Its term can vary according to the surface, the density, the height of the trees and the soil cover rate.

If we consider the point of view botanicala forest is a plant formation, characterized by the importance of stratum trees, but which also includes shrubs, low plants, climbers and epiphytes.

The forest, from the ground to the treetops

Lovers of walks in the forest know that the forest is a ecosystem to protect. In this revitalizing environment for many of us, a thousand and one things happen in the soil we walk on, in the heart of the plants that populate the undergrowth, but also in the trees whose trunks differ from species to species. the other, and until the canopy… The forest teems with life from the ground to the treetops.

The Lord of the Rings Forest, located on Mount Victoria Wellington, New Zealand.  © Airflore, Flickr, CC by-nc-sa 2.0

Ecologically, the forest is a complex and rich ecosystem, offering numerous habitats to various species and animal, plant, fungal and microbial populations that maintain between them, for the most part, interdependent relationships.

In this file, you will be able to discover the forest and its ecosystem: exploitation, constitution, trees and shrubs which populate it…

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