[DOC] [TLE] Plant Ecology of the Sonoran Desert Region [PAR] The stems and foliage of these plants are so fine-textured and sparse that the ... 
widths measured (and these are usually less variable than the dimensions of 
leaves). ... The enormous inventory of the universe has been narrowed to a very 
short list .... rarely have roots more than four inches (10 cm) below the surface 
and the... [DOC] [TLE] Species: Prosopis glandulosa - US Forest Service [PAR] The PLANTS database provides a map of honey mesquite's distribution in the ... 
since settlement times, and many species' ranges have changed [92,100]. .... In 
these habitats western honey mesquite is commonly associated with .... Dormant 
buds can occur up to 12 inches (30 cm) below the soil surface on older trees but
... [DOC] [TLE] Mesquite Tree - Prosopis pubescens - DesertUSA [PAR] Mesquite tree: The mesquites were used by the Indians and the settlers as a 
source ... legume family (called Fabaceae these days), mesquite restores 
nitrogen to the soil. ... They grow wide-spreading and deep-reaching root 
systems that host ... was discovered in a copper mine over 160 feet (50 meters) 
below the surface.. [DOC] [TLE] Plant - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] Cloves These dried flower buds are a must with baked ham. Colombine The tall, 
slender Columbine shares .... Mesquite roots of the mesquite plant have been 
measured to reach over 100' below the surface. Oak Arboreal .... The loss of 
water vapor from the surface of a plant, usually through open stomata. 
Respiration is the... [DOC] [TLE] Diurnal and Seasonal Water Relations of the Desert ... - JStor [PAR] ... was below -4.5 MPa. Although considerable plant water stress developed in 
these trees ... (-4.0 MPa) has been measured in summer months. (Mooney et al. [DOC] [TLE] Mesquite Ecology and Management - South Texas Rangelands [PAR] browsing animals if the plant tops are removed below the ... It has generally been 
believed that mesquite seeds live ... of exposure on the soil surface, 95 to 99 
percent of seeds ... Plants usually reach 5 to 6 feet tall in ... Texas AgriLife 
Research at Spur over a 25-year ... however, studies in Texas have found these 
nodules. [DOC] [TLE] plants as indicators of ground wateb - USGS Publications Warehouse [PAR] Calif., indicating ground water within reach of the mesquite .... principal ecologic 
groups of plants that have been recognized by botanists are hydrophytes, which 
grow in water or at ... indicate the presence of ground water near the surface 
where it would ... down over a sheer cliff about 100 feet into a perennial stream 
where. [DOC] [TLE] desert - National Geographic Society [PAR] Oct 19, 2011 ... I've been through the desert on a rock with no name. ..... The roots of a mesquite 
tree, for example, can reach water more than 30 meters (100... [DOC] [TLE] Desert Plants of Utah - Forestry - Utah State University [PAR] The original Desert Plants of Utah by Berniece A. Andersen has been a 
remarkably ... For these reasons, we have tried to retain as much of the original 
work, in .... wagons over a hundred years ago are still intact, and the shorelines 
along the .... measured to reach 40 feet below the surface, while mesquite (
Prosopis) roots... [DOC] [TLE] mesquite | wryheat [PAR] Southern Arizona ranchers have been battling mesquite trees for almost 100 
years. ... Mesquite have a long tap root enabling it to reach underground moisture 
and can ... In many of these jungles, grazing has had to be abandoned. .... The 
deepest live root, found in a copper mine, extended 160 feet below the surface. [DOC] [TLE] Aspects of Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the United States - Invasive.Org [PAR] Conicts of Interest Over Benecial and Undesirable ... Mesquite is grown as a 
shade tree primarily in an area of central Texas ... at $100 million, or $7 million/yr 
for the 14 yrs needed to grow a replacement tree. ... promising natural enemies 
have been found on mesquite in Argentina; these ...... 1981) have been 
measured. [DOC]

Question: Those of the mesquite plant have been measured to reach over 100' below the surface
Answer: roots