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Root
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.[1] They are most often below the surface of the soil, but roots can also be aerial or aerating, that is, growing up above the ground or especially above water.[2] Roots can be very fine like a thread or massive like those of the Sitka Spruce which, in an individual named "The Octopus Tree" at Trees of Mystery in northern California, has exposed roots over four feet (1.2 meters) thick.[3]
- ^ Harley Macdonald & Donovan Stevens (3 September 2019). Biotechnology and Plant Biology. EDTECH. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-1-83947-180-3.
- ^ Nguyen, Linh Thuy My; Hoang, Hanh Thi; Choi, Eunho; Park, Pil Sun (2023-07-05). "Distribution of mangroves with different aerial root morphologies at accretion and erosion sites in Ca Mau Province, Vietnam". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 287: 108324. Bibcode:2023ECSS..28708324N. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108324.
- ^ anonymous. "Never Bored Central Valley - Trees of Mystery - A Landmark Attraction in the Heart of the California Redwoods". Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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