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Morphology

H, 10 - 30cm

Ecology

boreal steppe

Chorology

Siberean

Xylem

Mostly indistinct rings, if distinct semi-ring-porous, vessels solitary, simple perforations, vessel diameter 30 – 60µm, scalariform intervessel pits, fibers thick-walled fibers in small groups, parenchyma vasicentric and pervasive, unlignified rays with 4-8 cells in width, with sheet cells, homocellular with square and upright cells, with prismatic crystals.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With ray dilatations, tangentially arranged small irregular groups of sclerenchyma cells, with prismatic crystals around the fiber groups.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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