buttress root

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buttress root

(Botany) a tree root that extends above ground as a platelike outgrowth of the trunk supporting the tree. Buttress roots are mainly found in trees of tropical rain forests

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The least perching height value was 1.2 m on a buttress root. Several individuals foraged actively for insects, mostly termites that flourished on the old trees' trunks.

Arboreal behaviour in the Indian painted frog Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934/Comportamiento arboricola en la rana pintada de la India kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934

Stone adzes would have been used to cut and shape the plank from the buttress root of a tree and the design carved with a small sharp tool such as a hand-held flake, bone chisel or boar tusk (although this has not been confirmed).

War shields of the Torricelli Mountains, west sepik province, Papua New Guinea

As he slowly advanced, internal forces moved me forward to inspect his biz pole with its seven figures carved from a mangrove tree trunk whose buttress root served as a phallic extension.

Personal insights from the 1994 Humanists of the Year

the contractor is required to excavate approximately 2,000 tree stumps on the site; this includes the removal of the tree stumps with associated buttress roots and root ball, etc.

Lps Cas - Tree Stump Removal Works - Cuerden Site

There are sturdy buttress roots below and pen-thin palms towering above the forest canopy.

Walking through a cloud

A thick mist swirls through the forest, where the muddy ground has turned to soup, and buttress roots protrude from the earth like veins in a weightlifter's arm, providing ample seclusion for Costa Rica's rainbow collection of frogs.

It'd be a real sin to miss these sloths; TRAVEL Crawling with fascinating creatures Costa Rica, whose national team played England in the World Cup match that didn't matter, is in a league of its own, says SARAH MARSHALL

Crook MJ, Ennos AR, Banks JR (1997) The function of buttress roots: a comparative study of the anchorage systems of buttressed (Aglaia and Nephelium ramboutan species) and non-buttressed (Mallotus wrayi) tropical trees.

Variation in buttressing form and stem volume ratio of baldcypress trees

As the boat heads off back down the Alto Madre de Dins river, Andy and I climb up the steep slope and into the rainforest, stopping every now and then so I can photograph some of the ancient trees beside the path, their huge buttress roots flaring out like fins.

Looking differently

I'm surrounded by towering trees, huge buttress roots, thick dangling vines, giant ferns, the hoots and calls of countless birds and mammals and the incessant whine of crickets.

TOTALLY MALAY-ZING; Beach, big city, temples and rainforest.. Malaysia has got the lot, says Fraser Addecott

Curved buttress roots extend their grip across a forest floor wriggling with life including maggot-like leeches that stick to my skin like superglue.

Discover island's fragile beauty; Troubled by political instability for many years, Madagascar is on the road to democratic recovery. Visit now before the crowds come, says Sarah Marshall

Curved buttress roots extend their grip across a forest floor wriggling with life - including maggot-like leeches that stick to my skin like superglue.

Looking for lemurs on the Lost Continent

Choose from the following: chlorophyll; buttress roots; cacti; frond; fruit; root; leaf; pith; stigma; photosynthesis; bark; stem; tubers