“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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(a)coniferous forest
(b)dry deciduous forest
(c)mangrove forest
(d)tropical rain forest
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Class 9Life on Earth— NCERT Social Science, Chapter 2. Biomes are large natural regions where plants and animals live under similar climates — terrestrial (forests, grasslands, deserts, tundra) and aquatic (freshwater and…
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