liana plants are woody vines that grow on some trees in rain forests.these climbing plants are most likelu adapted for?
Lianas are climbing woody vines that drape rainforest trees. They have adapted to life in the rainforest by having their roots in the ground and climbing high into the tree canopy to reach available sunlight. Many lianas start life in the rainforest canopy and send roots down to the ground. Lianas adaptations include stem twining, clasping tendrils arising from stem, leaf and branch modifications, thorns and spikes that attach the liana to its host, downward-pointing adhesive hairs, and adhesive, adventitious roots . . . http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0406.htm
Most likely adapted for mechanical support and to reach sunlight through thick tropical canopies
It's like phototropism...these organisms are using this technique to get closer to the sun
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