Morphology

H, 10-20cm

Ecology

hill zone, dry site

Chorology

Mediterranean

Xylem

Bulb. Rings indistinct, vessels in groups, vessel diameter <20 µm, vessels with simple perforations and small scalariform pits, fibers absent, parenchyma pervasive, few small vascular bundles in a parenchymatic tissue. Intervascular cambium but without secondary growth.

Xylem-Code

See annex

Phloem

Simple construction of the cortex

Explanations

For explanations please see the Feature Characteristics.

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Radial section
  
Bark
 

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