Bottled ginseng, Namdaemun Market, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Briar-root and thuya boxes for sale in the Old City, Essaouira, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Root detail, Dorrigo National Park, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Aerial roots from a mangrove at the delta of Parnaiba river, Piaui, Brazil, South America

Aerial roots growing out from Rainforest Vine, Couchy Creek Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Tropical rainforest plants on Fiji, Pacific

Buddha head in banyan tree roots at Wat Mahathat temple, in Ayutthaya, Thailand

Buddha head in banyan tree roots at Wat Mahathat temple, in Ayutthaya, Thailand

Thitpok or Tetrameles (Tetrameles nudiflora), tree with its roots growing in the ruins of the Prasat Preah Khan temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia

Tetrameles tree (Tetrameles nudiflora), tree's roots overgrowing the ruins of the temple complex of Ta Prohm, Angkor Thom, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia

Freshly Harvested Beets (Beta Vulgaris), Palmer, Alaska, United States Of America

Light Micrograph (LM) of a transverse section of an aerial root of a Pandanus sp., magnification x30

Light Micrograph (LM) of a transverse section of a root of Conifer (Pandanus sp.), magnification x30

Light Micrograph (LM) of a transverse section showing xylem of root of Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup)