These visitors to the Amazon provide scale for this large buttress root system. Trees are usually deep rooted to extract more nutrients, but buttress roots support are shallowly rooted trees. They are common in rain forests because most of the nutrients are inside the trees and plants of the forest leaving the soil nutrient poor.
Looking at a small settlement in the Amazonas region of Colombia. Pictured are some huts with the Amazon River...
View of the main street in Puerto Nariño. This settlement lies in the Amazon region of Colombia on the...
Blue and Yellow Macaws are known for their impressive size and with their unusual colour. Because of this, they...
An emergent is a tree that rises above the forest canopy in order to get more light. The Amazon...
The main street in a small Amazonian settlement in southern Colombia. This area of the Amazon is called ‘The...
View of two Blue and Gold Macaws in the Amazonas Region of Colombia. These birds are native to the...
Victoria Amazonica is a giant species of lily. They inhabit swampy areas of the Amazon rainforest. Pictured is a...
Looking very much like a huge indoor plant, this fine specimen was spotted growing from the bank of the...
