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hectares. Ficus benghalensis produces propagating roots which grow downwards as slender vine. Once these roots reach the ground, they take root and grow into...

Ginseng is a widely cultivated perennial growing to 0.8m by 0.7m. The roots are usually used dried and used. It is hardy to zone 6. The flowers are hermaphrodite...

Perennial ryegrass has a fibrous root system, with thick main roots and thinner lateral branches. Roots are usually arbuscular mycorrhizal. Perennial ryegrass...

stout trunk up to 2 m ft diameter. The trunk develops aerial and buttressing roots to anchor it in the soil and help support heavy branches. It has broad shiny...

subshrub native to North America and Central America. It bears tuberous roots and panicles of flowers and produces tiny, jewel-like fruits. The common...

'cypress knees' when growing in water, thought to help transport oxygen to the roots. The species is nearly extinct in the wild due to overcutting for its valuable...

traditionally used for medicinal purposes by Native Americans. Since the 1800s, the roots have been collected by "'sang hunters," and sold to Chinese or Hong Kong...

purpose is injurious and in Portugal has been prohibited by royal decree. The roots are emetic, purgative, and somewhat narcotic. The word "poke" is supposed...

When the tree is about 1 to 1.5 meters in height it is advisable to cut the roots on one side and lean the tree to the other (direction of the midday sun at...

often a fire-climax plant, which readily catches fire but re-grows from the roots after the fire; the seeds are also adapted to germinate after slight scorching...

toxins. The United States Forest Service [1] in Fact Sheet ST-251 states "Roots grow rapidly invading gardens, growing under and lifting sidewalks, patios...

tree it sends aerial, 'strangler' roots down the host trunk, eventually killing the host and standing alone. Its roots are surface feeding and it is quite...

members of the genus Vanilla, V. planifolia is a vine. It uses its fleshy roots to support itself as it grows. Flowers are greenish-yellow, with a diameter...

rhizomes and long, spongy creeping stolons which bear bunches of small yellow roots that resemble miniature bananas. The plant can grow from seedlings or send...

cultivated in water gardens. It is the National Flower of India and Vietnam. The roots of Nelumbo nucifera are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom,...

and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the plant contain bioactive compounds, especially monoterpenes, which...

multiple coppices which grow quickly from the existing root system. The roots of the tree are aggressive enough to break cinder blocks and cause problems...

of shallow feeding roots. These horizontal feeding roots spread out at depth of 20 - 30 cm in the soil and give rise to fibrous roots in upper layers of...

Horticulture Manihot dulcis, Pax (Jatropha dulcis, Gmel.). Shrub, 3-12 ft. high: roots similar to the preceding species but generally smaller: lvs. deeply 3-13-parted;...

fruit. The crop matures in three months and the whole plant, including the roots, is harvested manually. Centella grows along ditches and in low wet areas...