Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) resting on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) reclining on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Gerry Ellis / Fig (Ficus sp) buttress root in lowland tropical rainforest, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Buttress roots, tropical rain forest, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Bushmaster (Lachesis muta) coiled between buttress roots, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Buttress roots, rainforest, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Mangrove (Avicennia sp) forest, Noah Creek, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Buttress roots, rainforest, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Interior of lowland rainforest including trees with buttress roots, La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica

Gerry Ellis / Apitong (Dipterocarpus grandiflorus) buttress root in lowland tropical rainforest interior, Malaysia

Gerry Ellis / Tropical rainforest interior with Ficus tree and buttressed roots, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Kapok (Ceiba trichistandra) tree detail of bark and buttressed roots, Machalilla National Park, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Kapok (Ceiba trichistandra) tree showing extensive buttressed roots, Machalilla National Park, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Buttress roots and a variety of plant life in the rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Buttress roots and a variety of plant life in the rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Buttress roots, tropical rainforest, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Buttress roots, tropical rainforest, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Flip de Nooyer / Palms and buttressed roots in rainforest interior, Guyana

Mark Moffett / Buttressed tree roots supporting the tropical rainforest canopy, Talamanca Range, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / True Fig Shell (Ficus variegata) with fruits growing on buttressed roots, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / True Fig Shell (Ficus variegata) tree, with fruits growing on buttress roots, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Hala (Pandanus tectorius), native trees on Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Nick Garbutt / Temple / Wagler's pit viper {Tropidolaemus wagleri} Sabah, Borneo

Nick Turner / Bath Abbey, Somerset, UK. 2003

Pete Oxford / Fig tree {Ficus) buttress roots in tropical rainforest Manu NP, Peru, South America

Jabruson / Tropical rainforest ground layer vegetation and buttress root system, Odzala NP, Congo, Africa

Pete Oxford / Buttress root (Ficus sp.) in rainforest. Yasuni NP, Ecuador, South America

Pete Oxford / Person at buttress root of Ficus sp. Manu NP, Peru, South America

Doug Wechsler / Buttress roots of Bush mango tree in rainforest {Irvingia gabonensis} Dikolo, Cameroon

David Noton / Details of tree roots in tropical rainforest, Cape Tribulation Queensland Australia

Pete Oxford / Buttress roots. Manu NP, Peru, South America

Pete Oxford / Kapok (Ceiba sp) buttress roots, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Kapok (Ceiba sp) buttress roots, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Fig (Ficus sp) tree in rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Roberto Rinaldi / Buttress tree roots in rainforest, Carp island, Palau.

Christian Ziegler / Suicide Tree (Tachigali versicolor) buttress roots, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Rainforest trees with massive buttress roots, Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

Ingo Arndt / Buttress roots of chestnut tree, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Chien Lee / Rainforest interior showing tree with butress roots, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Rainforest interior with buttress roots and a variety of plants, Mamang River Forest Reserve, Ghana

Thomas Marent / Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) on buttress root, Montagne D'Ambre National Park, Madagascar

Albert Lleal / Buttress roots, which stabilize the tree and pick up nutrients in shallow soils, Papua New Guinea

Pete Oxford / Fig tree (Ficus sp) buttress roots in Manu NP, Peru. South America.

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) walking on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) climbing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) sitting among plants on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Mark Moffett / Mark Moffett, photographer portrait, on assignment in Sarawak, Borneo

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Tree trunk and buttress roots covered with moss and other epiphytic plants, rainforest, Costa Rica

Gerry Ellis / Buttress roots of tree in lowland dipterocarp tropical rainforest interior, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Buttress roots and a variety of plant life in the rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Amethythine Scrub Python (Morelia amethistina) slithering down tree trunk, Australia

Jim Brandenburg / Tree on beach showing buttressed roots, Saint John Island, Virgin Islands National Park, Caribbean