Morphology

H, 10 - 40cm

Ecology

hill and mountain dry meadow

Chorology

Eurasian

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring porous, vessels solitary and thick-walled, simple perforation, vessel diameter 30-50 µm, fibers with large pits, fibers thin-to thick-walled, parenchyma variable: pervasive or apotracheal, apotracheal, rayspartially absent and locally very large (radial parenchyma zones) crystal druses in parenchyma cells..

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniform cortex, with crystal druses, multilayered periderm with regular arranged cells.

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