While walking a cornfield, you notice roots emerging from the corn stalks themselves, and you suspect that these roots are helping to hold the plants upright. These roots belong to a category of roots known as
A) Taproots
B) Fibrous roots
C) Adventitious roots
D) Root hairs
E) Special roots
Answer: C
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