emergent trees are spaced wide apart, and are 100 to 240 feet tall with umbrella-shaped canopies that grow above the forest. Because emergent trees are exposed to drying winds, they tend to have small, pointed leaves.
Some species lose their leaves during the brief dry season in monsoon rainforests. these giant trees have straight, smooth trunks with few branches. their root system is very shallow , and to support their size they grow buttresses out to a distance of 30 feet.