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Coralloid roots of cycads.

Coralloid roots of cycads.
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Description: (a) Many cycads produce aboveground branching roots that resemble branched corals. (b) This magnified cross-section of a coralloid root shows a ring of symbiotic blue-green cyanobacteria, which provide the plant with fixed nitrogen.
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