| More in north, zone 9 and 8, they could be restricted with their rhizome at each winter, to push back spring following. |
| The sacchariferous tissues are developed especially in the root, as in the beet and carrot, in the rhizome, as in Gyperus esculentus, or in the woody stems, as in Acer and Syringa. |
| In those species adapted to dunes or other sandy sites, the rhizome systems play an important role in dune formation and soil stabilization. |
| From an underground, thick, oblique rhizome, the short, green, succulent stipites arise, in a tufted form, and are crinite with brown, subulate, shining scales. |
| The main axis of each is a monopodial unbranched rhizome that grows plagiotropically, with little internode elongation, below the soil surface. |
| The medicinal part of zedoary is its rhizome, a fleshy stem that grows underground. |
