. Which of the following adaptive features you would find in the tree?
(A) Knee roots (B) Pneumatophores (C) Prop roots (D) Thick cuticle (E) Fleshy leaves

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trancenova · Answer

Do you mean which of these do you find in a mangrove tree?

anonymous · Answer

adaptive features

anonymous · Answer

Knee roots

trancenova · Answer

why knee roots, not the others?

anonymous · Answer

Because they with stand in a muddy area and that would help it to stand straight and balance, and it is the cause for it to get a balance sunlight and sucking out Nitogen from the atmospheric air

trancenova · Answer

Ahh but (B) Pneumatophores allow the plant to survive in waterlogged soil, a thick cuticle would stop the plant from taking on too much water, so it could be those too

anonymous · Answer

But i think thick cuitical wasnt help too much

trancenova · Answer

Hmm aren't Knee roots and Prop roots Pneumatophores. "There are four types of pneumatophore—stilt or prop type, snorkel or peg type, knee type, and ribbon or plank type." (wiki)

anonymous · Answer

Pneumatophores will some times help

anonymous · Answer

yep u are great

trancenova · Answer

err thanks..