Morphology

T, 15 - 50 cm

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, medium site

Chorology

Eurasian

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels mainly solitary, vessel diameter 30-50 mµ, simple perforations, intervascular pits round, fibers thin to thick-walled, paratracheal parenchyma, ray width 5-7 cells, included phloem concentric, continuous, conjunctive tissue unlignified and thin-walled, with few crystal druses

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniform anatomy without sieve elements, with few crystal druses.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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Tangential section
 
Radial section
 
Bark
 

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