What is the understory of a rainforest?

What is the understory of a rainforest?

The understory is the underlying layer of vegetation in a forest or wooded area, especially the trees and shrubs growing between the forest canopy and the forest floor. Plants in the understory comprise an assortment of seedlings and saplings of canopy trees together with specialist understory shrubs and herbs.

What rainforest animals live in the understory?

Understory Layer Animal Facts

• Countless insects can be found in the understory layer including bees, stick insects, bullet ants, beetles, and butterflies. ...
• Bats, monkeys, snakes, lizards, jaguars and frogs are some of the common animals found at this layer.

Is there a rainforest in the US?

While we do have rainforests in the U.S., almost all of them are temperate. The only tropical rainforest managed by the U.S. Forest Service is El Yunque National Forest in northern Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the U.S., and Puerto Ricans are American citizens).

Can you see Mount Olympus from Seattle?

Mount Olympus is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of western Washington state. ... The mountain is hidden from view from Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Sequim, and even Port Angeles, with other mountains obstructing the view. It is the third most isolated peak in Washington State.

Is Mt Si a volcano?

Mount Si is a remnant of an oceanic plate volcano and the rocks are highly metamorphosed.

What mountain is visible from Seattle?

Mount Rainier

Is Mt Rainier visible from Seattle?

It's the tallest peak in the Cascade Range, which is why it's so visible from the Seattle area. When it's really clear out, it can even be seen from parts of Oregon and British Columbia. The mountain looks a bit different in Seattle than it does in Tacoma. In Tacoma, you can see more of the crater.

Is Mt Rainier going to erupt?

Mount Rainier is behaving about as it has over the last half-million years, so all evidence suggests that the volcano will continue to erupt, grow, and collapse. Mount Rainier and Tacoma, Washington as seen from the shore along Commencement Bay.

How close is Mt Rainier to Seattle?

60 miles

Why is Mt Rainier so dangerous?

Although Mount Rainier has not produced a significant eruption in the past 500 years, it is potentially the most dangerous volcano in the Cascade Range because of its great height, frequent earthquakes, active hydrothermal system, and extensive glacier mantle.

Would Mt Rainier destroy Seattle?

Lahars have been documented traveling up to 10 miles from Mount Rainier, posing no risk to anyone in Seattle. Although lahars cannot travel far enough to reach Seattle, there is a chance volcanic ash could. ... Mt Rainier has the potential to inflict some serious damage but Seattle may be just far enough from its reach.

What happens if Mt Rainier erupts?

Its edifice, capped by snow and 25 glaciers, has been built up by untold eruptions over the past 500,000 years. ... Mount Rainier's next eruption might be of similar or larger size and could produce volcanic ash, lava flows, and avalanches of intensely hot rock and volcanic gases, called "pyroclastic flows."