(árboles) con /sin gambas
English translation: trees with buttresses (buttress roots or huge ground roots)
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| 4 +1 | árboles con gambas = buttresses (buttress roots or huge ground roots) |
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| 3 | tree crotch / divided tree trunk |
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tree crotch / divided tree trunk Explanation: I do not find any support for this suggestion in the sites I looked at, but this seems NECESSARY in the source context. The measurment of saw-wood from a given tree would have to be measured differently from the ground to the division where two major branches separate, than from this crotch rising to the canopy, both in terms of material quality and for volume of available material. Hope that this helps somehow. Regards, Mariana. |
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peer agreement (net): +1árboles con gambas = buttresses (buttress roots or huge ground roots) Explanation: [PDF] AUTO-GUÍA SELF-GUIDE AUTO-GUÍA SELF-GUIDE AUTO-GUÍA SELF-GUIDEFormato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML butresses roots (see numbers 7 and 24). They. reach the higher canopy with a higth reach-. ing 120 feet. They are distributed through the ... www.choriticos.net/~maryanne/download/translation.pdf - Páginas similares TrekNature | Flying Buttresses and Stilt Roots Photo - [ Traducir esta página ]This photo from the TrekNature travel gallery is titled 'Flying Buttresses and Stilt Roots Photo'. www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/China/photo16021.htm - 15k - En caché - Páginas similares JSTOR: A Survey of Buttresses and Aerial Roots of Tropical Trees ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Several publications are relevant to the supportive role of buttresses and suggest a survey of wood struc- ture in buttresses and aerial roots. ... links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0006-3606(198203)14%3A1%3C56%3AASOBAA%3E2.0.CO... - Páginas similares de JB Fisher - 1982 - Citado por 4 - Artículos relacionados - Las 2 versiones buttress root -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia - [ Traducir esta página ]Britannica online encyclopedia article on buttress root:...rise beyond the canopy, ... A characteristic of these giant trees is their buttresses, the basal ... www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/86778/buttress-root - Páginas similares Many trees grow "butresses" or huge above ground roots, because ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Many trees grow "butresses" or huge above ground roots, because the ground is very rocky a few feet down. Photograph. Created with Web Album Generator. www.its.caltech.edu/~cobb/Albums/CostaRicaDecemberJanuary20... - 3k - En caché - Páginas similares http://www.choriticos.net/~maryanne/download/translation.pdf BUTTRESSES: Most tropical trees have a very superficial root system for recycling nutrients from the rapid decomposition of forest litter (see number 38) but not so good as support in large trees. Flatened roots extended to the sides accomplish the function of support, like in this “Bully Tree” (locally “pilón”) (Hyeronima alchornoides) (see numbers 14 and 24). LOS CONTRAFUERTES DEL BOSQUE: La mayoría de los árboles tropicales extienden sus raíces cerca de la superficie, para obtener el alimento derivado de la rápida descomposición de las hojarasca (ver número 38), pero no son el mejor sistema para brindar apoyo a los árboles de gran talla. Algunas raíces extendidas a manera de contrafuertes, o “gambas”, como en este “pilón” (Hyeronima alchorneoides), sirven eficientemente de sostén (Ver números 14 y 24). RAICES ZANCUDAS: Varias palmeras, como este “maquengue” (Iriartea deltoidea), producen raíces en el tronco que al alcanzar el suelo ayudan en la obtención de agua y nutrientes y, además, mantienen el equilibrio de los altos troncos (¿Puede ver las hojas de esta palmera desde el suelo?). Esta es una solución alternativa al las gambas, que se explican en el número 7. STILT ROOTS: Several palms , like this tall tree (Iriartea deltoidea), grow stilt roots from the trunk that, aside from getting water and nutrients, grip the ground firmely for balance for the tall trunks (Can you see the leaves from the ground?). This solution to equilibrium is an alternative to the buttress roots, as in number 7. UN ARBOL MUY COMUN: El “mastate” (Poulsenia armata) es otro árbol que desarrolla gambas espectaculares (ver números7 y 24). Sobresale en el bosque pues llega a alcanzar 40 m de altura. Su distribución abarca todo el Neotrópico desde México hasta Bolivia, y en Costa Rica se le halla en las dos vertientes. A VERY COMMON TREE: The tree locally known as “mastate” also develop spectacular buttresses roots (see numbers 7 and 24). They reach the higher canopy with a higth reaching 120 feet. They are distributed through the Neotropics from Mexico to Bolivia and, in Costa Rica they are found in both slopes. HTH. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2008-10-02 15:12:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oops: huge above ground roots (aerial roots) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2008-10-02 15:18:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttress_root Buttress roots are large roots on all sides of a tall or shallowly rooted tree. Typically they are found in rainforests where soils are poor so roots don't go deep. They prevent the tree from falling over (hence the name buttress) and help gather more nutrients. They are there to anchor the tree and soak minerals and nutrients from the ground, a function that would prove difficult if the tree was unsoundly rooted. The roots interwind with other buttress roots from other trees and create an intricate mesh, which helps to support all of the other trees surrounding it. They can grow up to 15 feet tall and spread for 30 or so metres above the soil then for another 30 metres below. When the roots spread horizontally they cover a wider area to collect nutrients. They stay near to the top because this is where all the main nutrients are. The roots are close to the surface and can be seen to have spread over a large area. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 days (2008-10-07 13:21:12 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Gracias Mariana. |
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