Plant Root - Plant Roots

Plant Root
By David Darling

Plants, unlike the majority of animals, remain fixed in one place absorbing food from their environment. Roots play an important role in this way of life. They serve as organs of attachment, anchoring the plant to the ground, and also as organs of absorption and transport for water and dissolved salts.

The tip of the root, called the root cap, has the task of forcing its way into solid earth. For this purpose the root cap is made up of layers of flattened and hardened cells.

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