Morphology

p, 3-5 m

Ecology

mediterranean mountain garigue

Chorology

W-Alps

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring to ring-porous, vessels solitary, and in more or less radial groups, simple perforation, vessel diameter 50-100µm, with thin helical thickenings, fibers with large pits, fibers thick-walled, parenchyma apotracheal and paratracheal,rays 5-10 seriate with sheet cells, heterocellular with many prostrate and a few upright cells with a few crystal druses in rays.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With many phloem and a few larger parenchyma cells, annual? tangential zones compressd cells, rays bended, with crystal druses, tissue radially splitted, multilayered periderm with regular arranged cells, mostly compressed..

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

Cross section
  
Tangential section
 
Radial section
 
Bark
  

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