Root System
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Curtis, Lersten, and Nowak 2002 rev. 2015
Conifer root system (Olympic Peninsula, WA).
Carrot (
Daucus carota
) tap root (storage).
Buttress roots.
Buttress roots near Manoa Falls above Honolulu.
Taxodium distichum
(bald cypress) knees.
Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) swamp on Dominican Republic seacoast.
Avicennia
(mangrove) pneumatophores.
Avicennia pneumatophores.
Avicennia germinans
(black mangrove) prop roots (adventitious).
Ficus
with prop roots (adventitious).
Ficus
(fig) with adventitious prop roots by Waikiki Beach.
Ficus
(fig) adventitious (prop) roots.
Ficus
(fig) adventitious roots, Hawaii.
Ficus
adventitious (prop) roots.
Adventitious roots.
Pandanas
(screw pine) basal prop roots (adventitious).
Pandanas
(screw pine) adventitious (prop) roots.
Pandanas
adventitious (prop) root with root cap.
Zea mays
(maize) prop roots (adventitious).
Zea mays
(maize) prop roots (adventitious).
Adventitious roots growing from the base of a monocot stem.
