> The point about the long thin trunks with almost no root system is interesting. As a hint, see the pictures in this article of the roots of the palm trees:

> The point about the long thin trunks with almost no root system is interesting. As a hint, see the pictures in this article of the roots of the palm trees: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/141/1/012031 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/141/1/0... What we consider as the "today's typical trees" are actually the most evolved forms of the older simpler designs.