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Growth of land plants is sustained by the water supply in the soil. How the soil receptacle is filled up and how it is drained by roots are questions of fateful concern to agriculture and forestry. Unlike the water in ponds and lakes, stored soil water is “hanging water.”
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Jenny, H. (1980). Water Regimes of Soils and Vegetation. In: The Soil Resource. Ecological Studies, vol 37. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6112-4_2
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