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Morphology

T, 20-60cm

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, medium site

Chorology

Eurasian

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels solitary and in short radial multiples, vessel diameter 30-50 mµ, simple perforations, intervascular pits round, fibers thin to thick-walled, paratracheal parenchyma, ray width 5-10 cells, included phloem concentric with single vascular bundles and partially continuous, conjunctive tissue unlignified and thin-walled, with crystal druses and crystal sand.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniform anatomy without sieve elements, 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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