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Ecosystem & Roots
At the top is a community wide symbiosis. The cyanobacteria is providing the nutrients for the rice paddies and floating ferns allowing fish and invertebrates to grow in the water.
The three types of roots are all very different from each other. Tap roots have one big main root that goes into the ground. The tap root is full of nutrients and if you try to pull it out and don’t get all of it then it will grow back. The most common tap root we think of is the pesty old dandelions; it also includes radishes and carrots. Then we have fibrous roots that grow only about 16-18” deep which include grasses and some monocots. And last we have aerial roots which are sometimes epiphyte (grow on other plants but don’t get nutrients from them) also orchids and rainforest plants. The root may start up high on the plant and grow down to the surface and even into water.
Ecosystem & Roots
At the top is a community wide symbiosis. The cyanobacteria is providing the nutrients for the rice paddies and floating ferns allowing fish and invertebrates to grow in the water.
The three types of roots are all very different from each other. Tap roots have one big main root that goes into the ground. The tap root is full of nutrients and if you try to pull it out and don’t get all of it then it will grow back. The most common tap root we think of is the pesty old dandelions; it also includes radishes and carrots. Then we have fibrous roots that grow only about 16-18” deep which include grasses and some monocots. And last we have aerial roots which are sometimes epiphyte (grow on other plants but don’t get nutrients from them) also orchids and rainforest plants. The root may start up high on the plant and grow down to the surface and even into water.