Rebecca Haumann, from Erika Edwards' (http://www.brown.edu/Research/Edwards_Lab/index.php) Plant Diversity course at Brown University (Biol 0430), describes how different plants cope with drying out.
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The hand-drawn animations were photographed at the Brown University Science Center (http://brown.edu/academics/science-center/). The music is "gentle marimba" by Alastair Cameron (http://www.cameronmusic.co.uk/).
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Summary[edit] Description: English: Pleopeltis michauxiana at Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson County, Mississippi. Date: 5 March 2016. Source: Own work. Author: cassi saari.
Summary[edit] Description: Pleopeltis polypodioides, New Hope Creek, Duke Forest, Orange County, North Carolina, 6 Mar 2010. Date: 6 March 2010, 11:04. Source: Pleopeltis polypodioides. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.
Summary[edit] Description: Pleopeltis polypodioides, New Hope Creek, Duke Forest, Orange County, North Carolina, 6 Mar 2010. Date: 6 March 2010, 11:03. Source: Pleopeltis polypodioides. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM.