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I found it very interesting the different ways that various plants folded up their leaves when it gets dark this process is called 'Nyctinasty' this can occur for two reasons. To pump water to the rest of the plant while there is no sunlight and because insects sleep at night so closing up will conserve their pollen. It all has to do with photoperiodism and the photosynthesis process.
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