Functions of the root system
I.Support and stabilization
II.Absorption and conduction
III.Reproduction
IV.Synthesis and storage
V.Secretion
VI.Other specialized functions
Key concepts for root and root system type
I.Fundamentals
1.Radicle and its development
2.Structure and function of the root tip
3.Root type
II.Root system type
1.Axial root type
2.Creeping-rooted type
3.Bunching type
4.Rhizomatous type
5.Fibrous rooted type
6.Bulbous type
7.Stem tuber type
8.Corm type
9.Tuberous root type
An overview of plant root systems in grasslands
I.Rhizomatous plants
1.Leymus chinensis (Trinius ex Bunge) Tzvelev.
2.Leymus secalinus (Georgi) Tzvel.
3.Bromus inermis Leyss
4.Bromus ciliatus Leymus var.richardsonii (Link) Y.Q.Jiang
5.Agropyron cristatum var.pectinatum (M.Bieb.) Roshev.ex B.Fedtsch.
6.Agropyron desertorum (Fisch.) Schult.
7.Agropyron mongolicum Keng
8.Agropyron mongolicum Keng var.villosum H.L.Yang
9.Agropyron michnoi Roshev.
10.Agrostis clavata Trin.
11.Agrostis divaricatissima Mez
12.Agrostis gigantea Roth
13.Alopecurus brachystachyus Marsh.Bieb.
14.Arundinella hirta (Thunberg) Tanaka
15.Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng
16.Calamagrostis epigeios (L.) Roth
17.Calamagrostis pseudophragmites (Hall.f) Koel
18.Deyeuxia purpurea (Trin.) Kunth
19.Elymus purpuraristatus C.P.Wang & H.L.Yang
20.Festuca rubra L.
21.Anthoxanthum glabrum Trin.
22.Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf et C.E.Hubb.
23.Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.es Steud.
24.Poa nemoralis L.
25.Poa pratensis L.
26.Poa subfastigiata Trin.
27.Phalaris arundinacea L.
28.Psammochloa villosa (Trin.) Bor
29.Pennisetum centrasiaticum Tzvel.
30.Hordeum brevisubulatum (Trin.) Link
31.Puccinellia hauptiana (Trin.) Krecz.
32.Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link
33.Carex duriuscula C.A.Mey.
34.Carex gotoi Ohwi
35.Carex kobomugi Ohwi
36.Carex pediformis C.A.Mey.
37.Carex raddei kiikenth.
38.Carex stenophylloides V.Krecz.
39.Carex duriuscula subsp.rigescens.
40.Carex lithophila Turcz.
41.Eleocharis palustris Bunge
42.Cyperus serotinus Rottb.
43.Pycreus flavidus (Retzius) T.Koyama
44.Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmelin) Palla
45.Equisetum fluviatile L.
46.Equisetum pratense Ehrh.
47.Equisetum sylvaticum L.
48.Juncus bufonius L.
49.Juncus gracilicaulis A.Camus
50.Juncus effusus L.
51.Potamogeton pusillus L.
52.Ligularia sibirica (L.) Cass.
53.Lysimachia thyrsiflora L.
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Preliminary conclusion
Reference
Appendix Index by Latin names