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What are deep-rooted plants, such as salt cedars and willows, known as?

Deep-rooted plants, such as salt cedars and willows, are called ad phreatophytes and can extend their roots deep into the water table and
consume large amounts of water through
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A phreatophyte is a deep-rooted plant that obtains a significant portion of the water that it needs from the phreatic zone (zone of saturation) or the capillary fringe above the phreatic zone. Phreatophytes are plants that are supplied with surface water and often have their roots constantly in touch with moisture. A phreatophyte is one that absorbs its water from a constant source on the ground. They can usually be found along streams where there is a steady flow of surface or groundwater in areas where the water table is near the surface.