Root system of the Japanese barberry.

Licence: 
Creative Commons Licence
Keywords: 
Berberis thunbergii (Image keywords), Japanese barberry (Image keywords), roots (Image keywords), tap root (Image keywords), diffuse roots. (Image keywords)
Description: 

Root system of the Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). Note that there is a tap root as well as a well-developed diffuse root system located just below the soil surface.

Creator: 
Scott A. Mori
Taxonomic name: 
Berberis thunbergii DC (Zofnass Family Preserve)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith