Multiple Choice
The tropical rainforest trees form shallow roots concentrated near the surface in a mat few centimeters thick. These swollen bases or braces are called:
A) prop roots.
B) pneumatophores.
C) aerial roots.
D) buttress roots.
E) velamen roots.
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