
Douglas-fir cross-section of xylem including a resin duct
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Douglas-fir tangential-longitudinal section of xylem. Note the resin duct in a fusiform ray near the image center
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A young pine stem showing secondary xylem and phloem
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Young pine stem cross-section with secondary xylem and phloem
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Young pine stem radial-longitudinal section showing secondary with some primary xylem on the left
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Young pine stem secondary xylem in a tangential-longitudinal section
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Pine stem cross-section showing xylem and phloem
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Pine phloem with crushed old phloem
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Pine: longitudinal section through cambium
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Pine: tangential-longitudinal section of secondary xylem
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Pinus strobus: xylem
cross-section.
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Pinus strobus: xylem tangential-longitudinal section
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Pinus strobus: radial-longitudinal
section. Note pits in ray tracheid at the top of the ray crossing
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Drimys (vesselless angiosperm) in transverse section
through xylem
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Drimys secondary xylem
ray in transverse section of a stem |

Drimys stem in radial-longitudinal section showing
ray cells
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Drimys xylem in
tangential-longitudinal section
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Closer view of Drimys stem
xylem showing tapered, non-perforated tracheid ending
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Drimys tracheid pitting
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Drimys tracheid pitting
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Tilia two-year stem
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Tilia secondary phloem
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Tilia phloem close view
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Tilia phloem in
radial-longitudinal section. Note alternating bands of fibers and
sieve tube members
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Liriodendron secondary xylem in transverse view |

Liriodendron secondary xylem in transverse view |

Liriodendron secondary xylem in radial-longitudinal view |

Liriodendron vessel perforation plate |

Liriodendron secondary xylem in tangential-longitudinal view |

Liriodendron secondary xylem in tangential-longitudinal view |

Tilia periderm in radial-longitudinal section
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Wide view of Quercus alba
xylem transverse section showing very wide earlywood vessels
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Latewood portion of Quercus alba
xylem growth ring
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Transverse xylem section from Quercus
alba showing wide and narrow rays |

Transverse xylem section from Quercus
alba showing thick-walled fibers
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Quercus alba xylem in
tangential-longitudinal section showing a wide ray
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Quercus alba xylem in
radial-longitudinal section
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Quercus alba xylem in
radial-longitudinal section showing fibers
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Quercus alba xylem in
radial-logitudinal section showing short parenchyma cells |

Juglans xylem transverse
section
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Juglans (black walnut) xylem
tangential-longitudinal section
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Juglans (black walnut)
xylem radial-longitudinal section showing tyloses in wide vessel
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Juglans (black walnut)
xylem radial-longitudinal section showing simple perforation plates in
wide vessels
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Young Sambucus stem
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Sambucus xylem growth
ring. From left: pith, primary xylem, secondary xylem, cambium,
secondary phloem
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Sambucus xylem in
transverse section
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Sambucus cambial
region. Note crystals in phloem cells
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Platanus stem early periderm formation |

Vitis stem phloem showing a compound sieve plate (center) |

Vitis stem phloem showing a compound sieve plate (center) |

Young Liriodendron stem |

Liriodendron stem
showing ray dilatation in the phloem
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