LYNN M. STONE / Great White Heron (Ardea herodias occidentalis) in saltwater shallows, by Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) prop roots. Florida Keys, Florida, USA, March.
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Nick Upton / Chinese banyan tee (Ficus microcarpa) with many prop roots supporting main trunk and aerial roots hanging from branches. Chaishan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Marie Read / Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), yellow-shafted form, male at nest hole in tree trunk, New York, USA. Note the tail being used as a prop.
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Juergen Freund / Beach at The Reef Resort, Vava'u, Tonga, Melanesia, 2007, note aerial prop roots of Pandanus trees in foreground.
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Adrian Davies / Stilt / prop roots of Screwpine tree {Pandanus forsteri}
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Roberto Rinaldi / Prop roots of screw pines (pandannus sp) Lankayan island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.