A tree’s root system revealed

I ’ve often wonder , when admiring a tree , what its beginning system looks like . TheMorris Arboretumin Philadelphia find an interesting way to instance the width of a tree diagram ’s root system : they painted it onto the path that runs past it . I visited there ahead of time this week and found this display fascinating . More than educational , it made me more aware of the tree and its impact on the soil , and I started to imagine the root systems of all of the trees I saw afterward . We ’re only seeing one-half of the whole picture !

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