Morphology

H, 20-40 cm

Ecology

Mountain and subalpine, medium site

Chorology

Eurasian, N-American

Xylem

Rings indistinct, vessels solitary and in groups, vessel diameter 15-30 µm, vessels with simple perforations and small scalariform pits, fibers absent or living fibers , parenchyma pervasive, vascular bundles rayless, very large rays (extrusions from the pith) between the bundles, ray cells exclusively square and upright.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Groups of tangentially arranged sieve cells in a thin walled parenchymatic tissue.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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