Plants that move: How a New Zealand species disperses seeds in a high alpine, wet environment

High in an alpine meadow, a researcher crouched low to the ground and splashed some water from her water bottle on a low green plant cushion, then sat back waiting to see if something would move. Sound crazy? Many hikers passing by her may have thought so, but she was trying to find potential plant species that possess a type of plant movement called hygrochasy.

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