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How Dry Seasons Affect Landscape Plants

How Dry Seasons Affect Landscape Plants

ID-89: How Dry Seasons Affect Landscape Plants

Authored by: Susan Fox Nicole Ward Gauthier Kathy Wimberly

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Abstract

Pattern, frequency, and amounts of rainfall are important components to plant health. Water is an essential plant component, making up 70 percent to 90 percent of plant mass. During dry seasons and drought conditions, plants become stressed. Growth ceases, nutrient transport slows, and plants wilt as cells become water-deficient. Severe, long-term, or consecutive drought events may cause permanent damage.

Core Details

Publication ID

ID-89

Status

Major Revision

Publication Date

Jul. 1, 2014

Series

Multi-Part Series

N/A


Categorical Details

Language

English

Peer Reviewed?

Yes

Contact Information

Tawana Brown
Associate Director, Educational Publications

361 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

+1 (859) 257-7566

tawana.brown@uky.edu