As far as I know, plants don’t have any kind of moving parts that help move water and nutrients from their roots to their crowns. So how do they do it? How do plants work against gravity?
It would make more sense to me if plants worked like fungi, spreading throughout the earth until they’re ready to reproduce, but no, upright plants are the whole organism. Is that not, like, super weird?
Plants are so weird. Like, “Hi, I’m a plant. I eat sunlight and communicate using mycorrhizal fungi. I have no muscles, but still break through concrete slabs. I have no heart, but still move water from my roots to my leaves.”
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Most plants are actually referred to as “vascular plants.” They have vascular tissue. Two types, that move around gases, water, sugars, and waste. It also provides structural support so the stalks can stand up and be rigid.
Mosses for example don’t have vascular tissue and that’s why they’re low to the ground. They use osmosis, which is basically water moving to dryer areas automatically, requiring no energy input.
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