The root system is greatly influenced and modified by the environment. In shallow soils over rock, heavy clay soils, or on sites with a high level of underground water, even species whose roots normally penetrate to great depths may have shallow anchorage.
Conversely, in humus-rich sandy soils the roots of woody plants which normally spread out may penetrate to greater depths. Roots anchor the tree in the ground, absorb water and the mineral elements dissolved in it, and serve as storage for reserve food supplies. The structure of the roots is very similar to that of the trunk, only somewhat simpler.
In the cells and cell walls of heartwood various organic and inorganic substances are stored, e.g. tannins, resins, silicon dioxide, etc. In some trees such as the yew, larch, pine and oak the heartwood is further distinguished from the sapwood by a darker coloration. Heartwood is generally much more durable and of higher quality than sapwood and, in the case of some tropical trees in which the wood is subject to rapid decay and damage by pests, the soft sapwood is hacked off on the spot and only the heartwood is shipped for further processing.
Roots aerate the soil and promote the disintegration of the rock substrata. In this they are aided by the carbon dioxide they eliminate as well as by certain chemical substances which break up mineral particles. The nutriments in the soil arc also made available by various bacteria and fungi growing in association with the roots. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria that increase the nitrogen content of the soil live in nodules attached to the roots of the alder, black locust, honey locust and other woody plants of the pea family (Leguminosae).
On the bark we can often see small round or slit-like patches that are slightly raised, and different in colour, from the surrounding bark. These are called lenticels and serve as a path for the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the living cells inside the trunk and branches.
The symbiosis of mushrooms and woody plants occurs primarily in soils rich in organic substances and raw humus; in soils with insufficient organic matter such a symbiotic association may change to a parasitic one.
Conversely, in humus-rich sandy soils the roots of woody plants which normally spread out may penetrate to greater depths. Roots anchor the tree in the ground, absorb water and the mineral elements dissolved in it, and serve as storage for reserve food supplies. The structure of the roots is very similar to that of the trunk, only somewhat simpler.
In the cells and cell walls of heartwood various organic and inorganic substances are stored, e.g. tannins, resins, silicon dioxide, etc. In some trees such as the yew, larch, pine and oak the heartwood is further distinguished from the sapwood by a darker coloration. Heartwood is generally much more durable and of higher quality than sapwood and, in the case of some tropical trees in which the wood is subject to rapid decay and damage by pests, the soft sapwood is hacked off on the spot and only the heartwood is shipped for further processing.
Roots aerate the soil and promote the disintegration of the rock substrata. In this they are aided by the carbon dioxide they eliminate as well as by certain chemical substances which break up mineral particles. The nutriments in the soil arc also made available by various bacteria and fungi growing in association with the roots. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria that increase the nitrogen content of the soil live in nodules attached to the roots of the alder, black locust, honey locust and other woody plants of the pea family (Leguminosae).
On the bark we can often see small round or slit-like patches that are slightly raised, and different in colour, from the surrounding bark. These are called lenticels and serve as a path for the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the living cells inside the trunk and branches.
The symbiosis of mushrooms and woody plants occurs primarily in soils rich in organic substances and raw humus; in soils with insufficient organic matter such a symbiotic association may change to a parasitic one.
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