Morphology

shrub, 1m

Ecology

hill zone, dry site

Chorology

SW-European

Xylem

Indistinct rings, vessels mainly solitary, thick walled, vessel diameter 40-70 mµ, simple perforations, intervascular pits round, fibers thick-walled, paratracheal parenchyma, rayless, included phloem concentric, continuous, conjunctive tissue unlignified and thin-walled, with few crystal druses.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Slide missing

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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Bark
 

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