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Most trait-based studies focus on trees. However, few studies have focused on how liana strategies vary among different habitats. In a study published in...
Chinese Academy of Sciences Lianas have two different forms in their sapling stage: climbing and self-supporting. The scandent shrub is one growth form that has upright and self-supporting stems when young, but later becomes a climber, differing from the “true” lianas. Considering that lianas are unable to stand upright, scandent shrubs go through two different stages from self-supporting to climbing, and trees are always upright, differentiation in functional traits among lianas, scandent shrubs and trees may be particularly associated with stem traits. However, how these three coexistin...
Almond blossoms grow on a tree spur. More than 80% of the almond crop is carried on those short, compact vegetative shoots. Spurs have been around for a bit with early examples used by the Roman Legions of Julius Caesar and more contemporary versions used by cowboys throughout the West. There’s another type of spur found in the West, this one located in almond orchards where more than 80% of the almond crop is carried on those short, compact vegetative shoots called spurs. Each season a portion of that spur population, borne on the prior season’s wood, is responsible for fruit produ...