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Morphology

p, 3-5 m

Ecology

mountain and subalpine Abies forest

Chorology

S-European montane

Xylem

Distinct rings, ring-porous, vessels in diagonal and dendritic patterns, simple perforations, vessel diameter 70 – 140µm, with helical thickenings, with vestured intervessel pits, fibers thick-walled, with tension wood, parenchyma vasicentric and terminal, ray width 5 -10 cells, homocellular with procumbent cells.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With tangential bands of collapsed sieve tubes, tangential rows of sclerenchyma groups.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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