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Moreton Bay Fig

• Element 1: Pattern

  Aesthetics - butress roots

  The Moreton Bay figs are perhaps best know for its imposing buttress roots (which can grow as tall as a person). Buttress roots are large, wide roots on all sides of a shallowly rooted tree. Typically, they are found in nutrient-poor tropical forest soils that may not be very deep. They prevent the tree from falling over (hence the name buttress) while also gathering more nutrients.