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Morphology

shrub, 1-2m

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, medium site

Chorology

Eastern North Amnerica

Xylem

Distinct rings, diffuse porous, vessels solitary, often with slightly angular circumference, scalariform perforations with >10bars, intervessel pits round and scalariform (gash-like), fibers thin to thick-walled, with distinctly bordered, round pits, parenchyma apotracheal, rays dominantly uniseriate, seldom biseriate , heterocellular with 2-3 upright cells. With prismatic crystals

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Phloem with few sieve cells, round groups of sclerenchyma cells. Cortex with a continuous band of sclerenchyma. With prismatic crystals

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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