/categories/ecophysiology/ Recent content in Ecophysiology on Josie Lesage Hugo -- gohugo.io en Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 /project/foggy/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 /project/foggy/ Abstract Coastal fog affects many California plant species and can be critically important to species that experience periodic drought. Drought-deciduous species in particular rely on water availability to maintain their leaves during the summer. To determine fog water use in drought-deciduous plants, this study manipulated access to fog drip and measured the water relations of the common shrub, Artemisia californica, near Santa Barbara, CA. Fog water availability increased plant water content but had no effect on pre-dawn xylem pressure potential.