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Going in circles looking for friends

Jun 10, 2026

Despite the description of plants as sessile organisms, they are able to move to some extent. Circumnutation is a term used to describe the circular movements made by plant shoots. Many climbing plants use this movement to search for something (another plant, a garden stake) to twine around and climb up.

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