HOW WATER MOVES THROUGH TREES (OYSTER BAY-PINE)
Turgor pressure, negative pressure, vessels and tracheids, embolisms… It’s a fact-packed Christmas Day episode of Completely Arbortrary, featuring the Oyster Bay-pine (Callitris rhomboidea). This drought tolerant tree has a surprising mechanism for keeping its water closely guarded. Merry Christmas!
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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Rexness
Additional Reading:
Oyster Bay-pine (Callitris rhomboidea)
Abscisic Acid Mediates a Divergence in the Drought Response of Two Conifers