Morphology

N , 100-300cm

Ecology

subalpine and alpine

Chorology

S-European mountain

Xylem

Distinct rings, diffuse porous, vessels 30-70 µm in diameter, vessels in radial multipels ray-vessel pits with small apertures, scalariform perforations with >10 bars, fibers thin to thick walled, with tension wood, fibers with small pits, parenchyma apotracheal-diffuse and marginal, rays homocellular, rays uniseriate with prostrate cells.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Uniserate layers of sieve-tubes an parenchyma cells, few sclereids in cortext and phloem, with crystal druses. Dense phellem with regularly arranged rectangular cells.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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