Stem, Roots & Sap · The Living World

STEM, ROOTS & SAP SIMULATION

▸ Building the tree: roots–stem–canopy…

▸ Wiring xylem (water up) & phloem (sugar down)

▸ Starting transpiration at the leaves

▸ Building the stem cross-section & annual rings

▸ Calibrating the cohesion-tension force…

▸ Ready — Online. ✅

Sap flow

🌱 Xylem & Phloem

water up ↑ · sugar down ↓

Mode—

Light—

Water (roots)—

Xylem flow—

Phloem flow—

Transpiration—

Notes

Transpiration at the leaves creates the pull that draws the water column up (cohesion-tension); the phloem carries sugar down to feed the roots.

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Adjust sun/humidity/water in the right column · try girdling & drought · click a structure to see the annual rings

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Sap flow over time xylemphloem