stackyFACTSWhile human veins usually pick one direction and stick to it, plants operate on pure vascular chaos.
While human veins usually pick one direction and stick to it, plants operate on pure vascular chaos. The phloem is a living tissue pipeline that aggressively transports sugars produced by leaves down to the roots, while simultaneously pushing stored nutrients back up to fresh buds. It is essentially a biological two-lane road with absolutely no lane markers, successfully feeding every single branch without causing a botanical traffic jam.
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