Chapter 38 - Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges - 38.3 - Plants Can Adapt to environmental Stresses - 38.3 Recap - Learning Outcomes - Page 820: 1

Some plants that grow in soggy soil have pneumatophores that aerate the root system through openings called lenticels. Other plants develop air gaps called aerenchyma in their petioles, increasing the buoyancy of the plant and decreasing the need for oxygen.

Some plants that grow in soggy soil have pneumatophores that aerate the root system through openings called lenticels. Other plants develop air gaps called aerenchyma in their petioles, increasing the buoyancy of the plant and decreasing the need for oxygen.