Assertion: conifer's leaf | /r/AtLocation | the soil
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text: The timing of stomatal closure dictates how water reserves in the soil and plant are conserved (14, 15), whereas the ability of the xylem water transport system to sustain increasing tension in the water column without dysfunction, because of cavitation or tissue distortion, defines the lethal threshold at which leaves become cut off from water remaining in the soil (5, 16, 17).