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Ecologist, Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Science, functional morphology of plants, plant architecture & lino cut https://klimesovajitka.wordpress.com/jitka-klimesova/ Plant Bodies https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-92192-6
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@jitkaklimesova.bsky.socialEpipremnum aureum (the familiar pothos houseplant) produces two distinct kinds of aerial roots: shorter roots that function as holdfasts (this plant is a climber) & larger, longer, nodal roots that grow toward the soil to take up water & nutrients. #Araceae #roots #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Show PostThe Smithsonian Environmental Research Center & ForestGEO are hiring a new temperate forest ecologist. Come be my colleague! more information here: serc.si.edu/get-involved...
Show PostClusia trees send aerial roots down from the canopy. Often, the plant starts life as a seedling growing epiphytically, but it eventually contacts the ground via aerial roots. Sometimes aerial roots produce new vegetative shoots. 📷: C. major. #Clusiaceae #roots #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Show PostThe palm Verschaffeltia splendida is famous for its prop roots, which are roots that emerge from the stem & grow toward the soil at an angle. When they penetrate the soil, they provide increased stability for the palm. Maize (corn) does it, too, on a smaller scale. #Arecaceae #roots #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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