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Pressure from osmosis pushing water up through xylem
Xylem
Water droplets on leaf edges from root pressure
Too weak to explain water transport in very tall trees
Henry Dixon and John Joly (1894)
Water molecules sticking to each other
Water molecules sticking to xylem walls
Tiny pores on leaves controlling gas exchange and water loss
Kidney-shaped cells surrounding and controlling stomata
Guard cells buckle outwards, opening the stoma
Guard cells shrink, closing the stoma
Stomata close
Stomata open
Stems narrow due to increased transpiration tension in xylem
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