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Rainforest: Rainforest Tree
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The Butterfly Rainforest is a living exhibit that supports hundreds of butterflies from around the world to experience first-hand. This screened enclosure is planted in subtropical and tropical trees with waterfalls and a walking path. Inside the Rainforest, exhibit stations help visitors understand various butterfly behaviors they will witness during their visit.
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Each Rainforest Tree area is precisely GPS located. The GPS coordinates are optimized for use with the freely available GoogleMaps. Fun, interactive and educational, you can punch in your GPS coordinates and "zoom" right into your tree location.
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Rainforest plants have made many adaptations to their environment. With over 80 inches of rain per year, plants have made adaptations that helps them shed water off their leaves quickly so the branches don't get weighed down and break. Many plants have drip tips and grooved leaves, and some leaves have oily coatings to shed water. To absorb as much sunlight as possible on the dark understory, leaves are very large. Some trees have leaf stalks that turn with the movement of the sun so they always absorb the maximum amount of light. Leaves in the upper canopy are dark green, small and leathery to reduce water loss in the strong sunlight.
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Your purchase goes directly towards the acquisition of the “timber rights” of a living and thriving Rainforest Tree located in the Amazon Rainforest. Your purchase prevents any person or entity from harming, destroying, or commercially exploiting the Rainforest Tree, forever. (Of course, the recipients agree not to cut down the tree themselves).
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Over 2,500 species of vines grow in the rainforest. Lianas start off as small shrubs that grow on the forest floor. To reach the sunlight in the upper canopy it sends out tendrils to grab sapling trees. The liana and the tree grow towards the canopy together. The vines grow from one tree to another and make up 40% of the canopy leaves. The rattan vine has spikes on the underside of its leaves that point backwards to grab onto sapling trees.
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A major threat to the rainforest is the logging companies that come in and clear land to harvest big trees. There are only about two upper canopy trees (higher trees) per acre, and cutting down these trees almost destroys the upper canopy which is home to most of the birds in the rainforest. Another threat is farming and cattle ranching. People chop down the trees to clear areas, but the soil is not good, so soon they have to move to another area. Sometimes the forest grows back, but it takes many years. A third reason the forests are destroyed is for gold and silver mining.
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