Morphology

T, 3-10cm

Ecology

hill and mountaine zone, medium site

Chorology

Mediterranean

Xylem

Only one ring, vessels solitary and in groups, vessel diameter <20µ, vessels thick walled (2µ), parenchyma paratracheal and thin walled parenchyma between vessels, rayless, crystals absent.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniform anatomy, sieve elements and parenchyma in radial rows, crystals absent.

Remarks

Tournus, Bourgogne, France

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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