How does water move through plants to get to the top of tall trees? Here we describe the pathways and mechanisms driving water uptake and transport through plants, and causes of flow disruption.

Holdings include specimens of vascular plants, mosses, fungi, and algae, along with our special collections of type specimens, plant fossils, wood collection, and a microscope slide collection of wood ...

First, there is not one type of evergreen. Conifers, or cone-bearing woody plants, are what we typically think of when talking about plants being evergreen. However, the deciding factor is the native ...

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during the Silurian and Devonian periods, is considered plant terrestrialization ...

Vascular cambium produces xylem (wood) and phloem, and together with the cork cambium, which produces a protective layer at the surface called phellem (cork), they provide thickness to plant organs.