Morphology

c 20-40 cm

Ecology

hill and mountain pinus sylvestris forest

Chorology

S-European montane

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring-porous, tangentially arranged grouped vessels, simple perforations, vessel diameter 50-100µm, round to slightly scalariform intervessel-pits, fibers thick-walled, parenchyma vasicentric and terminal, ray width 4-8 cells, homocellular with slightly prostrate and square cells, with prismatic crystals

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Small groups of sclerenchyma cells in tangential bands, with many prismatic crystals.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

Cross section
  
Tangential section
  
Radial section
 
Bark
 

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