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Roots

Salix sp

Description:

Water plant? or roots of tree growing by the pond?.

Habitat:

local pond

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15 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

http://www.gardeningcentral.org/corkscre...
Could be a Corks screw willow tree. It grows rapidly and " like all willow trees, the roots are very shallow and actually push upward as the tree ages. They can crack walkways, driveways, even foundations, and get tangled in water and sewer lines."

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Thank you for the lead Viv.Will follow up on it.

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 12 years ago

Could be a Willow

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

jprat001,I uploaded a picture of the tree with leaves . This tree has a lot of brown spirals on it. Also it is common around the periphery of the lake. Maybe it was planted with a purpose. Possibly supports some kind of wild life.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Next time i visit , i will definitely photograph the tree.

jprat001
jprat001 12 years ago

i think its roots from the tree, do you know what tree it is? or have pictures of what the tree is?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Thanks iprat001. This looks more like roots than a water plant. Any feedback?

jprat001
jprat001 12 years ago

love this photo

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

cool Antonio!!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

I se the similitude,roots under water are allways very "alien" compared with the normal ones.i saw the other day a device that i'am going to by(it's cheap:)to put the camera under water,basicly is a water proof bag where you fix the camera and them you can take photos under water,genial:)

Seema
Seema 12 years ago

No idea Emma..

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

I too have a spotting that I believe to be roots http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/853... There are Salix next to this creek.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

next time i visit hat pond i will get a picture of that tree. You can see its trunk. It is a young tree judging by the width of the slender trunk.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Exposed tree roots is my guess. Do you know what tree is it?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Is this a water plant or did the young tree let it's roots out in the water?

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Fresno, California, USA

Spotted on Jan 28, 2012
Submitted on Jan 28, 2012

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