ecologyIn tropical forest ecosystems palms are important in many ways. Breathing roots help aerate waterlogged soils. Orbignya cohune is known to be important in the development of the soil profile—stems are initially geotropic and buried to depths of one metre during establishment growth. The large cavities that are formed when palms in a population die result in considerable soil...
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