In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant community or crop, formed by plant crowns.[1][2][3]
For forests, canopy also refers to the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms (epiphytes, lianas, arboreal animals, etc.).[4]
Sometimes the term canopy is used to refer to the extent of the outer layer of leaves of an individual tree or group of trees. Shade trees normally have a dense canopy that blocks light from lower growing plants.
Canopy of a forest
Butterfly in the rainforest canopy
Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru)
Blue-headed parrot, Pionus menstruus, in the canopy
Local name: Loro de Cabeza azul or Chunkachui
Location: Tambopata rainforest
Parakeets flying over forest canopy
Location: Tambopata rainforest
Rainforest canopy in the late afternoon
Location: Tambopata rainforest
Tall, big canopy trees
Location: Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The canopy is the home of many animals which stay there for shelter, to avoid predators on the forest floor, and to seek fruits and seeds from the trees and epiphytes of the rainforest canopy.
Squirrel monkeys are seen in many rainforest locations, leaping from tree to tree.
This keel- billed toucan seeks fruits high in the canopy of the rainforest.
Orangutan in Sumatra.
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