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thereareeyesinsidethetrees · 5 months ago

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xylem is such a fun word but i don’t see it used very often and i feel bad for it, so it’s going in the name list

xylem and phloem are the parts of plants that…i forgot what they do. they’re in the inside of the stem or something i think. they help transport water and such? maybe?

y’know my biology teacher was great but i don’t remember basically anything of what i was taught about plants because i was so stressed trying to figure out how the fuck photosynthesis works

#my biology hyperfixation extends to all types of life but some more than others #plants are cool as fuck and i love learning about them but i don’t know enough to really talk about them much #did you know trees caused a mass extinction once? i know that!#also there are…i think they’re called vascular plants? that are super tiny because they need to be completely covered in water #it has do with their structure and reproduction i think #also there’s a difference between plants depending on how many leaves they have but i don’t remember what that is #also seeds are really good at cryptobiosis and surviving in the stomachs of animals #and trees are very social species they can’t thrive without each other #that’s about all i got. some plants are carnivorous and i have a base knowledge of how they work #the sandbox tree explodes its seeds violently and is covered in spikes and poison #there are plants that strangle the life out of other plants #and tumbleweeds are extremely invasive #also some plants bleed white stuff when they’re damaged and it attracts bugs #okay now that’s all i’ve got #anyway. xylem. i like the word i think its neat

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