The photo above shows guttation on native strawberry. It's a
funny-sounding word, but an interesting phenomenon. The drops on
the leaf margins are not dew, but the result of a process called
guttation. Guttation occurs at night, when plants accumulate
excess water through their roots, but transpiration through
stomata on leaf surfaces has stopped. The excess water is
released through pores on the leaf margins. Plant is native wild
strawberry, or Virginia strawberry, Fragaria virginiana, and
photographed on 25 March 2012 in our Biodiversity Garden. Native
wild strawberry is an incredibly fast-growing and spreading,
sun-loving ground cover with pretty white and yellow flowers and
delicious edible fruits. Plant it this season instead of non-
native ground covers, such as the invasive periwinkle, Vinca
minor. Life Cycle of a Strawberry Patch Updated 12 April 2012
Posted by Nina Zitani, 22 December 2011 All photos by Nina
Zitani The strawberry patch in our Biodiversity Garden is the
subject of a mini photo-document