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FORAGE ROOT [2 records]

Record 1 2001-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Silviculture
  • Horticulture
  • Botany
OBS

... different native plants have different root systems with different distribution patterns and depths. This can even be useful in tame forage stands(e. g. creep-rooting alfalfa and tap-rooting alfalfa).

OBS

creeping: Running along at or near the surface of the ground and rooting.

Key term(s)
  • creep-rooting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Sylviculture
  • Horticulture
  • Botanique
CONT

Si le système racinaire possède une forte racine principale, l'enracinement est dit pivotant; lorsqu'au contraire il ne possède que de nombreuses racines latérales se développant dans les parties superficielles du sol, il est dit traçant.

CONT

Toute la personnalité d'un bois tient aux caractéristiques de l'arbre : la façon dont les racines poussent, plongées profondément dans la terre (enracinement radicant) ou étendues -à fleur de sol (enracinement traçant); la manière dont le feuillage se développe, vers le haut, en pointe ou en dôme.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
DEF

Tillage operation in which the machine lifts a strip of forage stand by cutting the root.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
OBS

Opération au cours de laquelle on coupe les racines d'un peuplement prairial.

Spanish

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