Moist Evergreen Forest

The moist evergreen forest biome was much cooler and shadier, and relatively more humid.

1. Lichen: Lichen are small, hardy and highly adaptable. They grow fast in moisture-abundant conditions as they are able to absorb the moisture for growth. It seems like they depend on the trees to grow as well.
2. Blackberry: Blackberries have woody stems and are extremely hardy and are able to withstand cold temperatures and moist conditions. It also has thorns that help it creep and extend itself into areas that have the most suitable growing conditions.
3. Western Swordfern: The fern has very large, broad leaves to allow it to capture as much sunlight as possible for photosynthesis. It can also grow on other trees and take nutrients from it. Its compounded leaves also increases its overall surface area, thus allowing for increased photosynthesis.

4. Redwoods: Extremely tall and most of its leaves occur near the top, so as to capture maximum sunlight and increase photosynthesis.
   Leaves appear to be thin and needle-like, helping to increase surface area for photosynthesis. Redwoods are evergreen and do not lose their leaves, thus allowing for continual food production.

5. Fungi: Fungi grow best in damp conditions like the moist evergreen forest. I found these mushrooms growing out of a log - they likely feed on the nutrients from these organic matter in order to survive. They don't have leaves either indicating that they do not rely on photosynthesis/much sunlight for food production. This is good since the fungi grows on the forest ground where little sunlight reaches.

Posted on February 22, 2013 08:17 AM by liyingtan