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TADD TRUSCOTT(See Z. Pan et al., “The upside-down water collection system of Syntrichia caninervis,” Nature Plants, 2016.)
Image of the Day: Fog Catcher
The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis traps moisture from mist using “awns”—tiny hairs measuring just 0.5 mm to 2 mm long.
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