Water use by bog shrubs

TitleWater use by bog shrubs
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1971
AuthorsSchwintzer CR, Moreshet S
JournalMissouri Botanical Garden Bulletin
Volume59
Pagination28-32
KeywordsXEROMORPHIC
Abstract

Obviously more experimental work will have to be done before we can fully understand the adaptive significance of the zeromorphic leaf characteristics of bog evergreens. The results of our study show that the evergreen bog shrubs are not suffering from "physiological drought" and that extreme caution must be used in forming conclusions about functional adaptations on the basis of morphological features.