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Main lateral roots just under soil surface
Most trees develop many of their main lateral roots just under the soil surface as shown above. The small diameter fine roots and mycorrhizae grew from these main roots but they were removed before taking this photo. A few inches of the clay soil was removed to expose the lateral roots. All roots on this maple were in the top 13 inches of soil.
