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Buttress root

Buttress roots, also known as plank roots or stilt roots, are large, wide roots on all sides of a shallowly rooted tree. Typically, they are found in nutrient-poor tropical forest soils that may not be very deep. They may prevent the tree from falling over, hence the name buttress.

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Notable and historic specimen trees with buttress roots

Ceiba pentandraVieques, Puerto RicoFicus macrophyllaJackfruitTerminalia arjuna
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RootsTreeTropical forestSoilsButtress
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Buttress root

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Triples10
Avg. degree1.88
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Buttress root → Amazon River, Australia, Buttress, Ceiba, Cooktown, Iquitos, Jensen's Crossing, Koompassia, PeruThe, Terminalia

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buttress roots may tree trees near found spread soil horizontally nutrients large support ceiba soils australia terminalia arjuna koompassia excelsa

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryButtress0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryJensen's Crossing0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryCooktown0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryAustralia0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryTerminalia0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryCeiba0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryAmazon River0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryIquitos0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryPeruThe0.60section
Buttress rootrelated to GalleryKoompassia0.60section

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