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Morphology

p, 3-5 m

Ecology

hill and mountain meadow

Chorology

European, W-Asian

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring porous, vessels solitaryand in groups, simple perforation, vessel diameter 50-100µm, with helical thickenings, fibers with large pits, fibers thin- to thick-walled, parenchyma absent or apotracheal, rays uni seriate 3-16 seriate, 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, many single sclerenchyma 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.

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

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