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Xylem transports water up to the leaves.

Water:

  • Is absorbed from the soil through root hair cells
  • Is transported through the xylem vessels up the stem to the leaves.
  • Evaporates from the leaves (transpiration)
But the phloem transports nutrients to the leaves.
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