Extended Data Fig 3: Shoot hydraulic vulnerability.
From: Advanced vascular function discovered in a widespread moss
The hydraulic conductance of Polytrichum commune shoots (Kshoot) was observed to decline sharply upon exposure to water stress. Each point represents a separate plant (n = 18 individuals) subjected to different degrees of dehydration stress. A rapid decline of Kshoot between -1 and −2MPa matched the observed pattern of cavitation using visual methods (Fig. 2). The form of the sigmoidal function fitted here was used in the hydraulic model used in Fig. 3.
