All About Plant Roots by ASHLEY ALEXANDER https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78 Hort. en-us 2016-12-01 14:16:42 UTC 2026-04-28 01:27:46 UTC hello@padlet.com The Three Functions ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141110207 1. Helps anchor the plant into the ground and support it.
2. Absorbs water and nutrients
3. Holds and stores food and nutrients for the plant 

]]> 2016-12-01 14:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141110207 Root Systems Main Types ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141117202 Fibrous Root and Taproot

]]> 2016-12-01 14:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141117202 Example One ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141119345 Prop Root:
An aerial root that arises from a stem or trunk]]> 2016-12-01 14:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141119345 Example Two ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141120449 Aerial Root:
develops from a location on a plant above the surface of the earth or water, as from a stem. 
 ]]> 2016-12-01 14:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141120449 Example Three ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141123948 Cypress Knee:
distinctive structure forming above the roots of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae

]]> 2016-12-01 15:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141123948 Example Four ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141125280 Buttress Root:
large roots on all sides of a shallowly rooted tree. Typically, they are found in nutrient-poor rainforest soils and do not penetrate to deeper layers

]]> 2016-12-01 15:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141125280 Example Five ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141126898 Tuberous Root: 
a thick fleshy storage root (as of a dahlia) that is like a tuber but lacks buds or scale leaves

]]> 2016-12-01 15:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141126898 Roots Importance in Regards to Erosion ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141128307 Roots are important when it comes to the erosion of soil because they keep everything in tact. Roots hold down the soil so that it can't be eroded. They act as a support system or safe blanket for soil. ]]> 2016-12-01 15:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141128307 Largest Root System ashley_alexander https://padlet.com/ashley_alexander/v2ue1p71fe78/wish/141129710 Pando (tree) , also known as the Trembling Giant, is a clonal colony of a single male quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) determined to be a single living organism by identical genetic markers and assumed to have one massive underground root system.

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