Abstract
The formation of adventitious roots near the soil surface was investigated in a baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) tree nearly a century after the lower trunk was buried in soil 10 m deep as a result of nearby construction. Numerous large and small roots proliferated from the underground trunk near the soil surface to a depth of at least 2 meters (the maximum depth excavated), a location formerly 10 m high on the aerial portion of the tree. The importance of survival of this floodplain species after deep trunk burial and subsequent production of numerous adventitious roots is considered an adaptation to surviving the accumulation of large amounts of sediment at the base of the tree during flooding.
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