Rhizome

Real World Example

Imagine you have a cluttered garage filled with boxes of old clothes, tools, and holiday decorations that you occasionally need but don't use every day. Just like your garage serves as a storage space for things you might need later, a rhizome acts as an underground storage system for ferns, holding onto nutrients and energy that the plant will use when necessary. In this analogy, the garage is the rhizome, the boxes are the stored food and resources, and the moments you pull out the items are like the times the fern draws on its stored energy to grow or survive challenging conditions.