Transcription of video clip Lots of trunks?
Where do fig trees' aerial roots come from?
© Jacques Brisson
Aerial roots of a fig tree
Their seeds germinate in the crown of another tree.
This means that fig trees start out their lives by using another plant as support: they are epiphytes.
© Jacques Brisson
Aerial roots of a fig tree high in the air
From up there, the roots then have to reach the ground to take root in the soil.
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