NON-WOODY ROOTS


Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).Non-Woody Roots coming from small woody root.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).

Non-woody roots on young trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A mass of non-woody roots.  The arrows point to grape like structures.  This is a common place to find mycorrhizae in these clumps of living soil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).

A cluster of yellow mycorrhizae.  Composite structures made up of non-woody root tissues and fungus. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).

A non-woody root with root hairs.  Root hairs are extensions of single epidermal cells.  Do not confuse them with mycorrhizae which are composite structures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Source - TREES, ASSOCIATES, and SHIGO (2 CD set).

A mycorrhiza with root hairs and fungus hyphae.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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