Leaf litter decomposes faster than in any other biome and as a result the soil surface is often almost bare. Apart from trees, the vegetation is largely composed of plant forms that reach up into the canopy vicariously, by climbing the trees or growing as

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“Leaf litter decomposes faster than in any other biome and as a result the soil surface is often almost bare. Apart from trees, the vegetation is largely composed of plant forms that reach up into the canopy vicariously, by climbing the trees or growing as epiphytes, rooted on the upper branches of trees.” This is the most likely description of

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Geography

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'coniferous forest': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'deciduous forest': [2, 0, 0, 1], 'leaf litter': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'vegetation': [1, 0, 2, 1], 'tropical rain forest': [1, 0, 0, 2], 'mangrove forest': [3, 0, 0, 1], 'trees': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'plant forms': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'soil surface': [0, 0, 0, 2], 'other biome': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'epiphytes': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'canopy': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'upper branches': [0, 0, 0, 1]}

The given description is most likely of a tropical rainforest.