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Snow-root ecophysiology

December 19, 2017 Philip Pinzone

(a) C. conorhiza snow-bed right before final thaw in July. (b) Corydalis conorhiza. (c) Fine, fragile snow-roots. (d) C. conorhiza emerging through a network of snow-roots. Onipchenko et al. 2009. — (a) C. conorhiza snow-bed right before final thaw in July. (b) Corydalis conorhiza. (c) Fine, fragile snow-roots. (d) C. conorhiza emerging through a network of snow-roots. Onipchenko et al. 2009.

Alpine plants live in some of the harshest conditions on the planet. This newer study shows that one plant species has two different types of roots that differ in morphology and function.