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It is the African Bosica Albitrunca. It is known as the oldest tree that ever grew.

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What African tree species has roots are 120 meters deep?

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What African tree has roots that are 120 meters deep?

It is the African Bosica Albitrunca. It is known as the oldest tree that ever grew.


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What African tree species that has roots that are 120 meters deep?

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What African tree species have root 120 meters deep?

A Wild Fig Tree!


What African tree species has roots that are 120 deep?

The tree with the deepest roots on record is called Boscia albitrunca or the Shepherd's Tree. It is native to Southern and Tropical Africa and a specimen was found in the central Kalahari in 1974 that had roots that went 68m deep.There is no record of any plant with roots 120m deep.


Do both tundra and desert have very deep-rooted trees?

Trees usually cannot survive in the cold tundra as the ground is frozen solid a few inches below the surface and stays frozen even in summer. Roots cannot penetrate this frozen soil. In the desert, however, trees do not have that problem and area able to send their roots deep into the soil to find water.