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Morphology

shrub, -1,5m

Ecology

arid zone, desert

Chorology

Eurasian deserts

Xylem

Distinct rings, ring porous, vessels mostly solitary,vessel diameter in earlywood 100- 180µm, vessel frequency 100-200 mm2, simple perforations, fibers with small, minutely bordered pits, vestured pits, fibers full of starch, paratracheal and apotracheal parenchyma, storied axial parenchyma, homocellular rays width 3-4 cells, without crystals

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

No tangential layers of collapsed sieve cells, tangential rows of sclerenchymatic groups. With crystal druses.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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