Fog, water droplets, and how pine trees collect the water

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The above-cited page from Scientific American does mention a limit for capillary action in drawing up the water:

Capillary action and root pressure can support a column of water some two to three meters high, but taller trees–all trees, in fact, at maturity–obviously require more force. In some older specimens–including some species such as Sequoia, Pseudotsuga menziesii and many species in tropical rain forests–the canopy is 100 meters or more above the ground!

The various other mechanisms and forces are discussed.