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Rainforests and vine thickets have a present extent of 36,469 km 2, of which 22,694 km 2 is in protected areas. [1] Rainforests and vine thickets are present in 36 of Australia's bioregions. The largest extent of rainforest in Australia is in the Queensland tropical rain forests ecoregion (Wet Tropics bioregion).
Dry rainforest or vine thickets; Sedgelands, rushes or reeds; Other grasslands; Regrowth or modified forests and woodlands; Regrowth or modified shrublands; Regrowth or modified graminoids; Regrowth or modified chenopod shrublands, samphire or forblands; Unclassified native vegetation; Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings; Unknown/No data
Scientific classification; Kingdom: Plantae: Clade: Tracheophytes: Clade: ... vine thickets and drier rainforest areas. [1] [2] References This page was last ...
Tropical rainforests have been called the "jewels of the Earth" and the "world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there. [2] Rainforests as well as endemic rainforest species are rapidly disappearing due to deforestation, the resulting habitat loss and pollution of the atmosphere. [3]
Rainforests are home to half of all the living animal and plant species on the planet and roughly two-thirds of all flowering plants can be found in rainforests. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The most representative are the Borneo rainforest, one of the oldest rainforests in the world, the Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon Rainforest , as well as the eastern Costa ...
In the United States, the inland rainforest regions are also classified as significant habitat types for western redcedar and western hemlock. [20] Because of their humid climate, the inland rainforest patches support the establishment of oceanic species that would typically be expected to grow in maritime and coastal environments.
Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rainforests. Tropical seasonal forests , also known as moist deciduous , monsoon or semi-evergreen (mixed) seasonal forests, have a monsoon or wet savannah climates (as in the Köppen climate classification ): receiving high overall rainfall ...
Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangrove trees cannot withstand freezing temperatures.