Morphology

H, 10 - 40cm

Ecology

mountain and subalpine on rock

Chorology

European

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring-porous, vessels grouped in in tangential bands, simple perforations, scalariform intervessel pits, fiber pits vestured, fiber groups in tangential rows, vessel diameter 30-50µm, fibers thick-walled, parenchyma vasicentric and confluent, ray width 1-3 cells, homocellular, procument cells, ray cells unlignified, crystals absent.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With sieve tube groups, with ray dilatations, tangential layers of sclerenchyma groups, crystals absent.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

Cross section
  
Tangential section
 
Radial section
 

© 2005 WSL - F. Schweingruber, W. Landolt, last update 18.11.2010