Essentially all of the water used by land plants is absorbed from the soil by roots. A root system consists of a ... Once in the xylem tissue, water moves easily over long distances in these ...

On a spring morning, a search for a specific species of fern leads to a discussion on ancient plant history, vascular beauty ...

Microplastics can also travel to and enter the plant’s water- and nutrient-transporting system (called the vascular bundle) and from there reach other tissues. Trichomes are ‘sinks’ for ...

Any green part of a plant above ground ... So that water and gases have a limited distance to diffuse. Vascular tissue in the midrib and veins Branches of the xylem, to transport water and ...