Plants have three types of root systems: 1.) taproot, with a main taproot that is larger and grows faster than the branch roots; 2.) fibrous, with all roots about the same size; 3.) adventitious, roots that form on any plant part other than the roots. Fibrous systems are characteristic of grasses and are shallower than the taproot systems found on most eudicots and many gymnosperms.
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Taproot - a straight tapering root growing vertically downward and forming the center from which subsidiary rootlets spring.
Adventitious - a root that arises from any point other than the radicle or the root axis
Fibrous - a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.
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Taproot - a straight tapering root growing vertically downward and forming the center from which subsidiary rootlets spring.
Adventitious - a root that arises from any point other than the radicle or the root axis
Fibrous - a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.