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Are parasitic plants draw food from their hosts with the help of special roots?
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What are the special roots in plants like rhizophora are called?
aerial prop roots
What parts of plants are most commonly susceptible to parasitic roundworms?
The root of the plant is most susceptible to parasitic roundworms. They destroy plant roots, causing the entire plant to die.
How do dodder plants obtain their food?
It develops special roots which penetrate into the host plant. The food is generally stored in the stem or the roots of the plant.A dodder is a parasitic plant without chlorophyll. It obtains its food by twining around host plants (clovers, alfalfa, and lespedeza), and sending root-like projections into their stems.
What plant has no roots?
AnswerMoss has no roots.Mosses are small green plants growing in dense clusters in damp, shady places. Mosses are a type of plant called a bryophyte. Bryophytes are structurally the simplest of all land plants. A moss plant body has no roots and has tiny cellular threads that serve as anchors called rhizoids.Also, parasitic plants have no roots. like misltoe...
Which plant has clasping roots?
Clasping roots are mainly found in plants called epiphytes. (parasitic plants). Epiphytes grow on top of other plnats and therefore they have no roots underground. Their roots perform the function of support on the host plant. They absorb water from the atmosphere and mineral salt from dust particles which fall on the roots of the Epiphyte.
What do epiphytic and parasitic plants grow on?
Epiphytic plants are plants which attach to other living plants. They do not have roots in soil, but may use roots to help secure them to their host, and for this reason are sometimes known as "air plants". Epiphytes use photosynthesis for energy and generally obtain any moisture they need from the air or from humidity coming through rain and fog, on the surface of their hosts. Sometimes they develop features such as cups and scales to collect the moisture.
How do plant roots breathe in the soil?
Plants breathe in the soil with the help of their roots . Some plants such as mangroves grow in muddy soil which does not contain much oxygen. To get some air, some mangroves give out special roots called breathing roots. Breathing roots are lined with special cells ( called lentils ) that absorb air. But , plants usually do not breathe through their roots ( mostly through leaves ) . Mostly soil particles can go through roots but I don't know how.
What are the uses for hydnora africana plant?
It is a Parasitic Plant that entangles its roots to the roots of its Euphorbia host plant.
What is beechdrops?
Beechdrops is a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
How do plants survive without water?
Plants have the ability to retain water because of a special structure called a cuticle.
What kind of roots does roots have?
Roots don't have roots, plants have roots.
What would happen to plants nutrition if plants did not have roots?
what would happen to plants nutrition if plants did not have roots
