Subject: plant wast products

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:22:10 GMT

yes, this is a serious question.....

do plants produce solid waste by-products?  if so, how do they discard them? 
are all wastes disposed of through trasnpiration?

Jesse

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From: [email-masked] (Mahlon G. Kelly)
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 10:33:06 GMT

> are all wastes disposed of through trasnpiration?

Wander through a forest. Or for that matter, under any tree.
You will be walking on the by-products of plants. Plants
produce virtually all of the energy and organic materials used
by other organisms. Some is eaten while the plant is alive. But
most goes to the decomposers. They do a very nice job of taking
care of all of those solid wastes. 
-- 
Associate Professor (Emeritus)
University of Virginia
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Howard Clase)
Date: 19 Mar 1996 12:33:41 GMT

>do plants produce solid waste by-products?  if so, how do they discard them? 

	Deciduous plants drop their leaves once a year; evergreens do it on a
more irregular basis.

	Howard Clase