Uprooting is a form of treefall in which the

root plate In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the sur ...

of a

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is torn from the

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, disrupting and mixing it and leaving a pit-mound.

Transplanting

Small trees can be replanted if their root system is well attached to the trunk. Trees can suffer from transplant shock when moved to new environment, and that causes the tree not to be able to root itself properly.

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