Stored water in plants?

Question

Okay, so you know how groundwater travels up plant roots by capilary action? If you were to take a plant out of the ground, and turn it upside down, would the stored water in the plant eventually come up and out? Or IS there stored water?

Answer 1

Plant is not a glass. Transport in plants is going through capilary by forces cohesion and adhesion.I can say that capilary are so thin and water "hold" wales of that capilary.

From roots to plants water goes by diiferences of osmotic potential in plant and outside.Environment is going to have the same level of water in plants and outside. So water swim from ground to plants.

If you put plants upside down water will not drop down,because water is in cells "stored"

Answer 2

There is definitely stored water in (healthy) plants -- if there wasn't, herbaceous plants and small saplings would simply flop over. Look up "turgor pressure" to read more about water storage in plants.

Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turgor

Answer 3

Some succulents (cacti and others) can absorb lots of water and store in the tissues of the plant.  However most plants need a constant supply of water to maintain turgor pressure in the leaves and stems of the plants.  As long as the stomata (openings in the leaves) are open, there will be water loss from the tissues of the plant.  So once you've uprooted and inverted the plant, it would soon wilt.