1.Brief Introduction
Bukit Timah Nature's Reserve has Singapore's oldest primary rainforest. Much of the forest has been preserved over the years and shelters a vast variety of plants. The Bukit Timah and Central Catchment nature reserves are home to more than 840 flowering plants and 500 species of animals. This blog will explain how plant life in the tropical rainforest has adapted to living conditions. Basically, they adapt themselves to have sufficient water, sunlight and nutrients from the ground.

2.Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is a Tropical Rainforest. Because it has 5 layers and we are in Singapore! Which is within 10degree N of the equator.

3. Epiphytes
We noticed the prescence of epiphytes, which are plants growing on other trees to get more sunlight, as the undergrowth lacks sunlight. They grow on the barks of other trees in order to be closer to the sun to gain more sunlight for photosynthesis.


4. Roots
The plants in the Bukit Timah NAture Reserve has buttress roots. This will ensure that their roots are shallow and at the top, as there is most nutrients are there.

5.Prescence of crawlers
We also noticed that some plants are crawling up other trees in order to gain more sunlight. as they do not have strong stem.