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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Surprisingly, the answer is yes. They might seem like the strong, tall and silent type, but trees actually communicate with each other. Forest ecologist Dr Suzanne Simard, from the University of ...

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 ...