Banyan Tree

• Description: Banyan Tree. Banyan trees are figs that start out as an epiphyte, which means that it grows while attached to another tree. Birds spread the banyan seeds to other trees where the epiphyte will start to grow.
• Keywords: tree, banyan tree, aerial roots, root, Kampong Garden, epiphyte
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• Source: Florida Center for Instructional Technology, Exploring Florida: Social Studies Resources for Students and Teachers (Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2009)

• County: Miami-Dade
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• Date of Photo: 5/28/2008
• Photographer: Roy Winkelman

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