https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk en-us 2016-12-01 14:18:42 UTC 2025-05-13 21:39:29 UTC hello@padlet.com mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141108150 There are three functions of a plant's root.
#1)  Anchoring the plant to the ground.
#2) Absorption of water and nutrients.
#3) Storing food and nutrients.]]> 2016-12-01 14:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141108150 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141112174 #1 Taproot- a root system that has one main primary root and many secondary roots branching off the primary roots.
#2- Fibrous- a root system that has no dominant primary root but is made of many primary and secondary roots.]]> 2016-12-01 14:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141112174 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141121004 Prop, Aerial, Knees, Buttress, and Tuberoos]]> 2016-12-01 14:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141121004 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141122223 A root that grows from and supports the stem above the ground in plants such as mangroves. ]]> 2016-12-01 14:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141122223 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141123580 A root that develops from a location on a plant above the surface of the earth or water, as from a stem.]]> 2016-12-01 14:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141123580 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141125069 A cypress knee is a distinctive structure forming above the roots of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae.]]> 2016-12-01 15:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141125069 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141127550 A tree root whose upper, exposed parts project from the trunk like a buttress.]]> 2016-12-01 15:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141127550 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141128816 A thick and fleshy root like a tuber but without buds, as in the dahlia.]]> 2016-12-01 15:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141128816 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141129935 2016-12-01 15:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141129935 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141130593 2016-12-01 15:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141130593 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141200630 Pando Tree- An estimate of 80,000 years old. Pando is located in the Fishlake National Forest in Utah. Pando is 43 hectares in size, and weighs 6,000,000 kilograms.]]> 2016-12-01 17:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141200630 mikayla_lott https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141214708 Roots play an important part in our environment. Roots are the most important part of a plant, taking up air, water, and nutrients from the soil and moving them up into the leaves, where they can interact with sunlight to produce sugars, flavors, and energy for the plant. When it rains, the roots hold the soil in place so it's not washed away. When soil washes away it's called erosion.]]> 2016-12-01 18:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mikayla_lott/lumf0rt4pmrk/wish/141214708