Morphology

H, 10 - 40cm

Ecology

hill and mountain

Chorology

S-European

Xylem

Distinct rings, diffuse-porous, vessels 50 -80 µm in diameter, vessels solitary, simple perforations, intervessel pits scalariform, with thin-walled tylosis, fibers thin-walled, parenchyma paratracheal, ray width >10 cells with sheet cells, homocellular with upright cells wit a few crystal druses.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With groups of sieve-tubes, with a few crystal in axial parenchyma cells.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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