DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Roots anchor the plants firmly to the soil. They provide support to the plants. They also help in absorbing water and minerals from the soil.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roots are the important underground part of all vascular plants. This part of the plant is mainly responsible for anchoring it down into the ground and absorbing the essential mineral elements, nutrients, and water from the soil. It is also used to store food.

Detailed explanation-3: -The taproot also anchors the plant very securely in the ground. Fibrous root systems have many small branching roots, called fibrous roots, but no large primary root. The huge number of threadlike roots increases the surface area for absorption of water and minerals, but fibrous roots anchor the plant less securely.

Detailed explanation-4: -Not all roots are underground, though. For example, water plants may have roots that float in the water. Epiphytes are plants that live in trees with roots that cling to tree branches. There are even some plants that don’t have roots at all.