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Morphology

H, 20-60cm

Ecology

hill and mountain zone dry site

Chorology

Eurasian

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels in groups, earlywood vessel diameter 30-50µm, fibers with small round pits, simple perforations, round and scalariform intervascular pits, fibers thick-walled, pervasive and paratracheal parenchyma, vascular bundles with rays but confluent to axial elements, many groups of sclerenchyma cells at the outside of the pith and in the large rays. Bulb are very different and contain mainly parenchyma cells.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Groups of sieve elements mostly tangentially arranged. With groups of sclerenchyma.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

Cross section
      

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

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