Water and Plant Physics
Water moves through plants, interacts with their surfaces, and plays a central role in their mechanics and survival.
01
How does water move through plants?
Water is transported through plant tissues from roots to leaves. This transport depends on pressure, evaporation, capillarity, and the structure of the plant vascular system.
water
flow
transport
02
Why is water a physical constraint?
Water affects plant stiffness, pressure, mass, and stability. A lack of water can change the mechanical behavior of a plant very quickly.
pressure
evaporation
structure