Morphology

H, 10 - 40cm

Ecology

hill and mountain meadow

Chorology

European

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring-porous, many thick-walled vessels in groups, simple perforations, earlywood vessel diameter 50-80µm, with vestured intervessel pits, round and scalariform intervessel-pits, fibers rare, thick-walled fibers in groups, parenchyma mainly vasicentric, apotracheal, ray width 5-12 cells, with sheet cells, homocellular with square and upright cells.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

With ray dilatations, tangential rows of sclereids.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

Cross section
    
Tangential section
 
Radial section
 

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