Morphology

shrub, 1-2m

Ecology

hill and mountain zone, medium site

Chorology

Western North America

Xylem

Distinct rings, semi-ring porous, vessels solitary, simple perforations, spiral thickenings, earlywood vessel diameter 20 - 30µm, fibers thin to thick-walled, parenchyma absent or not to recognize, ray width 2-3 cell, all ray cells prostrate, ray height >1mm, crystals absent.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Tangential layers of collapsed sieve cells, tangential groups of sclerenchymatic cells, annual? tangential cracks, crystals absent.

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