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Morphology

P 10-20m

Ecology

mediterranean

Chorology

S-European

Xylem

Indistinct rings, ring porous, often 50-100 µm in diameter, latewood vessels in diagonal patterns, perforations, thin-walled tylosis, with vasicentric tracheids, fibers thin to thick-walled, fibers with large round pits, parenchyma apotracheal and paratracheal, uniseriate rows of tangential parenchyma cells, rays homocellular, rays of two distinct sizes: uniseriate and >10 seriate, with a few prismatic crystals in ray cells.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Tangential layers of small sieve cells and big, parenchyma cells, sieve cells collapse in the second year, sclereids in tangential bands, a few prismatic crystals around the sclerencymatic parts.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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