<i>Polygonum bistorta</i> (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

<i>Polygonum bistorta</i>

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Ecologists have discovered that arctic tundra plants take up much more nitrate than previously thought. Some species, such as the pink flowering plant Polygonum bistorta, take up even more nitrate than plants in low latitude, high-nitrate environments.

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Allen Chartier

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