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What anchors trees firmly to the soil

Roots

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what consists 1/3 of the total dry weight of a plant

extensive branching network

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Roots of most plants do not extend more than?

3-5 meters or 10-16 feet

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herbaceous plants are confined to the

0.6-0.9 meter or 2-3 ft

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Absorbs water and minerals in solution

Roots

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What type of roots absorbs water and minerals

Feeder roots

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Other plants have roots that?

Anchoring, absorbing water or food, and performing other specialized functions.

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where do aquatic plant produce roots

Water

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nonparasitic plants that grow suspended without direct contact with the ground-orchids

Epiphytes

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Epiphytes produce what roots?

Velamen roots

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How Roots Develop

Seed germinate-tiny rootlike radicle part of embryo within it grows and develops into new root

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2 types of Root

Taproot, Adventitious

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Thick, tapered from which thinner branch roots arise

Taproot

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Arise from the stem, attached to the radicle, and continuous with it, they develop from a stem or leaf instead of another root

Adventitious

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It is the main root

Taproot

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made up of a group of roots of similar size and similar shapes

Adventitious root

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Adventitious root is also known as

Fibrous root

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root system containing one prominent main root, with smaller lateral roots branching from it.

Taproots

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Taproots are a common characteristic of

Eudicots and gymnosperms

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Have a large number of fine roots of similar diameter then develop from adventitious roots

Fibrous root system

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