Basal shoot

[1] Water sprouts produced by adventitious buds may occur on the above-ground stem, branches or both of trees and shrubs.

Many species of plants reproduce through vegetative reproduction, e. g. Canada thistle, cherry, apple, guava, privet, hazel, lilac, tree of heaven, and Asimina triloba.

[citation needed] The root sprout is a form of dispersal vector that allows plants to spread to habitats that favor their survival and growth.

These plants could be considered invasive, but they are cultivated or permitted to grow to stabilize soils and even to then be naturally replaced by non-pioneer species in locations as such those that have been developed for public works and along channels of waterways that may flood and reservoirs.

[citation needed] Stolons are stems that grow on the surface of the soil or immediately below it and form adventitious roots at their nodes, and new clonal plants from the buds.