Morphology

T, 15 - 50 cm

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, medium site

Chorology

Eurasian

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels solitary and in small groups, vessel diameter 30-50 mµ, simple perforations, intervascular pits scalariform and partially round, fibers missing, pervasive parenchyma, ray width 5->10 cells, included phloem concentric with single vascular bundles and, conjunctive tissue unlignified and thin-walled, with few crystal druses and few crystal sand.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniform anatomy without sieve elements, with crystal druses.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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