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Site: UCSC Arboretum
F. californicum is a much-branched, erect shrub 1 to 4 meters high. It is a chaparral plant common on hillsides and in canyons below 2000 ft. Also known as flannel bush, Fremontodendron's leaves sport tiny star-shaped hairs that botanists call stellate trichomes. |
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Hairy root... |
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Zoom in on above image...nice example of dense root hair development... drought adapted(?) |
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Another hairy root. This one, with its substantial girth covered with short root haris, is reminiscent of the roots of the Protea examined in this study. |
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Root junction... |
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Lateral root branching... |
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Nice zoom on hairy root... |
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Root and tip... |
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Shallow roots... |
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Surface fine roots... |
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Zoom in on above root. |
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"Weird lateral" root... |
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Very large branched roots, possibly mycorrhizal. |
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Zoom of above image. |
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Zoom in on young laterally branched root... |
