The forest floor is a place where decomposition takes place, but that decomposition doesn’t happen on its own. The decay material from leaves and other plant organic material is broken down into nutrients by creatures (along with fungi and bacteria) that call the forest floor their home. Hot, dark and damp, the forest floor is the ground layer, and only gets about 2 percent of the sunlight in a rainforest.
Other layers of a forest include:
· The Emergent Layer — the tops of the highest trees.
