Do you know what the roots of common plants that you find everywhere look like? Sometimes their roots are simply amazing in their length and branching. Watch and remember! 
Camel thorn (Alhagi pseudalhagi) root penetration depth 20 meters 
The roots of the African acacia growing in southwest Africa - 88 meters. 
Oak roots reach depths of 100 meters 
The literature describes a ficus whose roots penetrated to a depth of 120 meters 
If we talk about the total length of the root system, then the longest roots (measured) are those of four-month-old winter rye. The total length of all the roots and roots of this small plant was 619 kilometers 
Among trees, the longest total length of the root system that could be measured was that of a hundred-year-old Scots pine and was equal to 50 kilometers 
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