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he forest floor is very dark. This is due to the trees above stopping the sunlight from entering the forest. It is estimated that only 2% of the sunlight actually reaches the floor. The soil on the floor is covered in a layer of leaves, twigs and dead plants, which rot down quickly to provide nutrients for the plants. The leaf litter is alive with invertebrates and microorganisms, which quickly rot down this surface layer. Mosses and ferns grow on the forest floor where it is warm, damp and shady. The soil is very sandy, with only a thin layer of rotting vegetation. Without the trees, the soil quickly loses its ability to support plants and turns to desert-like conditions. The forest floor is home to some of the larger animals of the forest such as tigers and elephants in Asia, gorillas and leopards in Africa and tapirs and jaguars in South America.
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