Morphology

H, 10 - 40cm

Ecology

hill and mountain hedge

Chorology

European, W-Asian

Xylem

Distinct rings, vessels solitary and in radial multiples, simple perforations, vessel diameter 30-60µm, with round and vestured intervessel pits, groups of fibers fibers thick-walled, parenchyma vasicentric ray width 8-15 cells, more or less homocellular with square cells with prismatic crystals along the the groups of sclerenchyma cells.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With tangential bands of collapsed sieve tubes, with ray dilatations, irregular small groups of thick-walled sclerenchyma cells, with prismatic crystals.

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