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Most epiphytic plants do not have any roots. Water and nutrients are gathered from the air, thus rising the term 'air plants' The root area has evolved as a holdfast capable of holding the plant to the bark of mature trees.

Plant such as Tillandsia usneoides rely on trichome hairs to gather these nutrients.

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