Deconcretization of roots of trees from City Lalru, Punjab.. #punjab #youtube #youtubeshorts
Channel: EARTH TECH
Date: 24/10/2021

Deconcretization of roots of trees by team of Green Earth NGO in Kurukshetra.।।#trees #palmtrees #treestagram #treescape #treesofinstagram #pinetrees #treescollection #rsa_trees #ic_trees #pocket_trees #ilovetrees #christmastrees #ig_shotz_trees #bns_trees #birds_bees_flowers_n_trees #treeshunter #cityoftrees #pushtrees #hugs_for_trees #climbingtrees #loves_united_trees #streestyle #greentrees #ww_nature_trees #raw_alltrees #savethetrees #savetrees #treesrock #nature_worldwide_trees #planttrees #treestyles_gf #treesurgeon #autumntrees #loves_trees_rural #actrees #lovetrees #fruittrees #littletrees #global_nature_trees #treespleasureThere is a very close relationship between trees and the soils they grow in. The soil is the storage place for water and the nitrogen and minerals dissolved in water, which are needed by the tree to live and grow. The soil also provides a base for the tree to attach itself firmly in place. The roots, reaching out for water, between the soil particles, serve to anchor the tree as well.

Forest soil and the trees growing on them support a great variety of plants and animals. What kinds and how much of such life there is depend on the type of soil and the kinds of trees and other shrubs growing there—all of which are greatly affected by climate and rainfall. All these elements are closely interrelated, and together they make up what is called the ecosystem or community.

Soils vary considerably in fertility, texture, color, depth, acidity, ability to hold water, and in many other ways, depending on (1) the type of rocks from which the soils were formed; (2) the climate (hot or cold, wet or dry); (3) the trees, bushes, and other plants growing in the soils; (4) the animal and bird life of the areas; (5) whether the soils weathered in place from the bedrock, or were moved to the places they now rest by ice (glaciation), water (streamflow), gravity (sliding), or wind; (6) slope of the land; (7) age, and other factors.

The growing root tips, very small but very numerous, each covered with a protective cap of cells, push into the soil to extend the many-branching root system (see enlarged sketches). Just behind each tip is a dense fuzz of microscopic root hairs growing out all around the rootlet. It is these tiny root hairs which absorb the gallons and gallons of water and dissolved minerals which the tree needs each day during the growing season to live and grow. As the rootlet becomes longer and larger, the older hairs die and are sloughed off; new ones grow closer to the growing tip.

Root System

The root system sketched here is growing in a soil which has no rooting restrictions, such as a shallow watertable, or dense, compact clay layers. Note the big taproot and the many smaller lateral roots extending far on each side—all of which give strong support to the tree and anchor it firmly in place. (Of course, many species of trees do not have taproots.) A few roots descend deeply into the soil from the lateral roots.

Some roots may extend down into the soil very deeply—often 12 feet and sometimes 30 feet or more. Lateral roots may extend from the trunk for long distances also—often 35 feet in each direction and sometimes much more. But most feeding roots are usually in the top 2 or 3 feet of soil. The kind of tree, its age, type of soil, moisture available, competing vegetation, and other factors determine the extent of the root system.

In a typical forest of the temperate zone, where the climate is neither extremely cold nor hot most of the year, nor excessively dry, the soil near the surface is loose, soft, easily crumbled, and usually moist. This natural mellowness is protected and maintained by a covering of fallen leaves, fruits, nuts, twigs, branches, and trunks in various stages of decay—which is called litter and duff. This fall of litter averages over a ton per acre per year in the United States, and is often much more where growth is heavy. It also includes material from animals—feathers, fur, feces, and carcasses of insects, birds, mice, squirrels, etc.