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Morphology

N 80-200 cm

Ecology

hill and mountain meadow

Chorology

Central Asian

Xylem

Distinct rings, diffuse to semi-ring-porous, vessels solitary, simple perforation, intervessel pitting round, alternating, vessel diameter 40-70 µm, fibers thick-walled, with septate fibers, parenchyma apotracheal rays uniseriate and multiseriate, heterocellular with many procumbent and a few upright cells without crystals.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Alternating layers of sieve-tubes and parenchyma cells, sieve tubes compressed, with ray dilatations, thick belt of sclereides between rays, with many prismatic crystals, large zone of regular arranged cork cells.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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