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Phloem
Photosynthetic products must obviously be transported to non-photosynthetic tissues
of the plant.
6.At another part of the plant (a sink e.g. the roots) the sugars are removed from the phloem
gradients are maintained
(if you can learn this paragraph it could score you 4-5 marks!)
These two diagrams show Marram grass leaves - this is a British grass found on
sand dunes which possesses: rolled leaves, leaf hairs and sunken stomata. These
adaptations make it resistant to dry conditions and of course sand-dunes which drain
very quickly retain very little water.