Approximately 75% of a tree’s root system is in the top 18 inches of soil. That is amazing. The roots of a tree can extend horizontally 3 times the distance of the drip line.

A tree root system can constitute up to 65% of its total biomass, or overall makeup, according to the journal Tree Physiology. That means there may be more root infrastructure than leaves, bark ...

Bit by bit, year after year, the root fungi will compromise the trees’ ability to take up water. At some point, the tree root system is compromised where it cannot supply adequate moisture to ...

These root fungi can colonize the root system and persist in the tree unrecognized for years. Bit by bit, year after year, the root fungi compromise the trees’ ability to take up water.

Researchers at the University of South Australia are calling for a major shift in how cities manage tree root intrusions into household sewer systems that cost millions of dollars in repair bills each ...