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Morphology

c, -1m

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, dry site

Chorology

European

Xylem

Distinct rings remaining vascular bundles, semi-ring porous, vessels solitary and in groups, earlywood vessel diameter 80-110µm, fibers with small pits, simple perforations, round intervascular pits, parenchyma paratracheal, apotracheal and marginal, vascular bundles mostly rayless, sometimes with large secondary rays, very large rays between the bundles.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Bands sieve elements alternating with parenchyma cells, tangentially arranged in a thin walled parenchymatic tissue. Radial oriented groups of sclerenchyma lateral of the phloem part of the vascular bundles. Many phellem bands.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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