Open AccessOn the quantitative differences in the water-conductivity of the wood in trees and shrubs. Part II. -The deciduous plants
Publication year - 1918
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1918.0013
Subject(s) - evergreen , deciduous , botany , biology , coppicing , shoot , shrub , woody plant
If the broad-leaved deciduous trees and shrubs be contrasted with the evergreens, it is found that they are marked by a specific conductivity which in the free-growing and foliage-bearing shoots is far greater than in the class hitherto considered. This is well brought out by contrasting the results obtained on comparing an evergreen with a deciduous species of the same genus. The subjoined Table (I) forEuonymus japonica (evergreen) andE .europœus (deciduous) will serve to illustrate the point. It will presently become apparent, however, that there are certain exceptions to be reckoned with amongst the deciduous trees, especially in the case of young sapling trees and coppice stool-shoots (e. g . of ash or hazel).