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Morphology

T, 15 - 50 cm

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, medium site

Chorology

Eurasian,N-Am.

Xylem

Distinct rings, vessels solitary, vessel diameter 30-50 µm, simple perforations, round inter-vessel pits, vascular bundle form remaining, fibers thin-to thick-walled, parenchyma, not to recognize, rays large, often confluent with the axial tissue, crystals absent.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Distinct layers of parenchyma and sieve cells, radial rows of parenchyma cells. Distinct ray-dilatations.

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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

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