Tree with buttress roots in lowland tropical rainforest. Buttress roots help support large trees in tropical forests, where the soil is shallow. Photo

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Tree with buttress roots in lowland tropical rainforest. Buttress roots help support large trees in tropical forests, where the soil is shallow. Photographed in Jatun Sacha Reserve, Ecuador.

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Photo credit: © DR MORLEY READ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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