Where trees take lots of baths
Many kinds of trees grow best where it is always hot and where they get
lots of shower baths from the rain. These trees live together in forests
in hot parts of the world where it rains heavily all year around. So
much rain falls on these forests that they are called rain forests.
Rain forest trees stay green all the time. And they are much taller than
most other kinds of trees. They are so tall they keep the sunlight from
reaching the floor of the forest, so few plants can grow there. But many
kinds of vines and plants, such as orchids, live high up on the branches
of the tall trees. Here they can get sunlight. And many kinds of animals
live in and under the trees of a rain forest community.
