Nighed@sffa.community to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDog walker films winds lifting forest floor during Storm Babet in Scotlandwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkDog walker films winds lifting forest floor during Storm Babet in Scotlandwww.bbc.co.ukNighed@sffa.community to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVex_Detrause@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhy are the roots so shallow? Wouldn’t the trees stop this from happening?
minus-squarepaysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThis is what I always wonder when they tell me a plant “tolerates clay soil”. Like does it really? Or does it just avoid it by spreading out all its roots in the thin topsoil? This would seem to be the latter.
Why are the roots so shallow? Wouldn’t the trees stop this from happening?
This is what I always wonder when they tell me a plant “tolerates clay soil”. Like does it really? Or does it just avoid it by spreading out all its roots in the thin topsoil? This would seem to be the latter.