Understanding root forms: knowing how roots grow and utilize the soil is critical to proper tree management.(TREE MAINTENANCE)

From: Arbor Age | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

ROOTS SURVIVE AND GROW WHERE ADEQUATE water is available, temperatures are warm, and oxygen is present. Roots are limited by oxygen content, anaerobic conditions, and water depth. Near the base of the tree, deep-growing roots can be found, but they are oxygenated through fissures and cracks generated as a result of mechanical forces moving the crown and stem under wind sway.

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Roots can take several forms

* The taproot -- When a seed germinates, the primary root, or radicle as it is called in the embryo, emerges from the seed coat. The taproot ...

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