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Varying Water Stress In Mimulus Ringens, Sara Stiles
Varying Water Stress In Mimulus Ringens, Sara Stiles
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
A wetland plant’s ability to tolerate flooding is important to determining where that plant can grow. Previous studies have shown the optimal flood tolerance of Mimulus ringens is between -2cm and -6cm (Fraser & Karnezis, 2005). This experiment expands on these previous experiments by testing variation in water levels instead of maintaining the water levels at one height throughout the experiment. The hypothesis of the experiment is that Mimulus ringens that have variation in water levels will show signs of better growth than plants with a constant water level. Contrary to predictions, the results showed the final height, number of …