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redOrbit: High in an alpine meadow, Gesine Pufal, from the University of Wellington, New Zealand, crouched low to the ground and splashed some water from her water bottle on a low green plant cushion, then sat back waiting to see if something would move. Sound crazy? Many hikers passing by her may have thought so, but Pufal was trying to find potential plant species that possess a type of plant movement called hygrochasy. Although the ability to move is typically thought to be a characteristic ......
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Plants That Move: How A New Zealand Species Disperses Seeds In A High Alpine, Wet Environment
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 1st, 2010
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