prop roots
Above-ground tree supports
Prop roots are aerial roots that grow downward from a plant's trunk or branches to provide structural support, like stilts holding up a building.
They're characteristic of certain trees that grow in unstable conditions—mangroves in coastal mud, banyan trees spreading wide canopies.
The mangrove's prop roots anchored it against the tide.
- mangroveTidal shrub with exposed roots
- mangrove swampCoastal woodland in tidal waters
- red mangroveSalt-tolerant coastal tree
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- above groundNot beneath the surface
swamp · anchor · banyan · support · mudflat · corn · pandanus · strangler fig · brace · tropical · wetland · tidal flat · adventitious · stability · tidal · waterlogged · trunk · soil
- rootstaproot, radicle, zeros, solutions, eigenvalues
- jungle adaptationsbroad leaves, epiphytes, lianas, prehensile tails, tree dwelling
- mangrove forestmudflat, intertidal zone, brackish water, crabs, propagules
- mangrovesmangrove forest, mangrove swamp, mangrove swamps, mangrove forests, red mangrove
- root typestaproot, fibrous, parasitic, adventitious
- tropical tree featuresfronds, canopy, palm fronds, broad leaves, coconuts