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Wind (20)
- Protect from biotic factors
- Regulate physiological processes
- Tightly packed stems protect from wind: cushion plants
- Branches protect plant from wind: Arctic willow
- Branches survive intense wind: live oak
- Plant growth responds to touch: wall cress
- Weak leaves deal with strong winds: plants
- Flexibility limits bending in wind: trees
- Flexibility allows twisting, not bending, in wind: sedges
- Flexibility encourages twisting, not bending: banana
- Flexibility reduces drag: daffodil
- Hairs prevent evaporation: arid zone plants
- Furry bracts serve as insulation: lobelia
- Buttressing resists uprooting: English oak
- Roots stabilize trees against wind: longleaf pine
- Relationship provides nutrients, stability: bracket fungi and trees
- Leaves resist bending: trees
- Wingtip feathers increase aerodynamic efficiency: flying birds
- Leaves resist gravitational loading: broad-leaved trees
- Flight path maintained: fruit fly
- Leaf fan optimizes cooling and wind resistance: fan palm tree
- Branching design lessens breakage: trees
