Each tree may look like an independent organism, but trees occupy another world underground. When two root systems overlap, and with the help of some beneficial fungi, a trade route can open up ...

In the nooks and crannies of the yellow birch root system that crisscross the boulder, seeds of other species--including rosebay rhododendron, eastern hemlock, and tulip poplar--find adequate soil ...

With a tap root and small branching roots coming off the tap root. In reality, the root system of a tree looks more like the base of a wine glass with roots growing horizontally coming off of a ...

This is a tree’s root zone: a broad, shallow, vulnerable mass of roots. It’s true that trees such as oaks and walnuts have a taproot when young, but in maturity their root systems look like a ...

“Each year a tree’s roots get thicker, just like the trunk does, and eventually they can break the surface and be visible in the lawn,” Alfuth writes. “Erosion of soil over a root system ...

Root and Branch is the RTÉ lyric fm podcast all about our native trees presented by Brían Mac Gloinn and Anja ... which like silver birch is a delicate tree with fine branches and small leaves.