FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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Question
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adventitious roots
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Casparian strip
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fibrous root system
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buttress root
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a plate-like outgrowth of the trunk that supports the tree, the buttress root extends above the ground. Buttress roots are found mostly in tropical rainforest trees.
Detailed explanation-2: -Buttress roots are found in Terminalia, Salmalia, Ficus, and Bombax etc. These buttress roots resist toppling in trees because they provide stability. Buttresses are larger on the side being away from the stress of asymmetrical canopies, these are tension elements.
Detailed explanation-3: -These “above-ground” roots help support and anchor the tree, much as a buttress on a fort would support the walls of the fort. Leaf litter collects between these buttress roots so the tree has access to more nutrients when the collected leaves decompose. Buttress roots also absorb oxygen directly from the air.
Detailed explanation-4: -noun. a tree root that extends above ground as a platelike outgrowth of the trunk supporting the tree. Buttress roots are mainly found in trees of tropical rain forests.