Morphology

N 80-200 cm

Ecology

hill and mountain meadow

Chorology

SW-Asian

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring to ring-porous, vessels solitary, and in more or less radial groups, simple perforation, vessel diameter 50-100µm, with thin helical thickenings, fibers with large pits, fibers thick-walled, parenchyma apotracheal rays uniseriate and5-10 seriate, heterocellular with many prostrate.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With many phloem and a few larger parenchyma cells, rays bended, tissue radially splitted, with crystal druses, multilayered periderm with regular arranged cells, mostly compressed.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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