shallowrooted

Trees have fallen—tall rainforest trees, stout-trunked but shallowrooted, incapable of enduring such exposure.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Trees have fallen—tall rainforest trees, stout-trunked but shallowrooted, incapable of enduring such exposure.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Although shallowrooted species may not be as suited for intercropping, they are often useful for erosion control because their roots help bind the soil.

Chapter 18 1992

As the frequency of clearing and burning increases, trees and brush are eventually killed off. and give way to a very inferior grass (savanna) fallow, which is shallowrooted, inefficient at recycling and accumulating nutrients, and very difficult to clear off for cropping.

Chapter 8 1981