01-27-2015 DESIGN The Medieval Roots Of The Tree Diagram Data viz isn’t just a modern-day craze. Designer Manuel Lima, author of The Book of Trees, discusses the origins of the tree diagram.

The roots are bathed in a nutrient-rich liquid which transports these nutrients plus moisture to the top where all is consumed. A tree (and the cells) supports an ever-flowing wet system that must ...

• To assess hydraulic architecture and limitations to water transport across whole trees, we compared xylem anatomy, vulnerability to cavitation (Ψ 50) and specific hydraulic conductivity (K s) of ...