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Example of an uprooted tree:

From Making Tree Roots Visible, Part 2, Used with permission of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, (Appleton et al., 2000). (Figure 10-3) Root systems generally grow as flat pancakes rather than lollipops.
 

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