Secondary Growth


Douglas-fir cross-section of xylem including a resin duct

Douglas-fir tangential-longitudinal section of xylem. Note the resin duct in a fusiform ray near the image center

A young pine stem showing secondary xylem and phloem

Young pine stem cross-section with secondary xylem and phloem

Young pine stem radial-longitudinal section showing secondary with some primary xylem on the left

Young pine stem secondary xylem in a tangential-longitudinal section

Pine stem cross-section showing xylem and phloem

Pine phloem with crushed old phloem

Pine: longitudinal section through cambium

Pine: tangential-longitudinal section of secondary xylem

Pinus strobus: xylem cross-section.

Pinus strobus: xylem tangential-longitudinal section

Pinus strobus: radial-longitudinal section.  Note pits in ray tracheid at the top of the ray crossing this image

Drimys (vesselless angiosperm) in transverse section through xylem

Drimys secondary xylem ray in transverse section of a stem

Drimys stem in radial-longitudinal section showing ray cells

Drimys xylem in tangential-longitudinal section

Closer view of Drimys stem xylem showing tapered, non-perforated tracheid ending

Drimys tracheid pitting

Drimys tracheid pitting

Tilia two-year stem

Tilia secondary phloem

Tilia phloem close view

Tilia phloem in radial-longitudinal section.  Note alternating bands of fibers and sieve tube members

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

Wide view of Quercus alba xylem transverse section showing very wide earlywood vessels

Latewood portion of Quercus alba xylem growth ring

Transverse xylem section from Quercus alba showing wide and narrow rays

Transverse xylem section from Quercus alba showing thick-walled fibers

Quercus alba xylem in tangential-longitudinal section showing a wide ray

Quercus alba xylem in radial-longitudinal section

Quercus alba xylem in radial-longitudinal section showing fibers

Quercus alba xylem in radial-logitudinal section showing short parenchyma cells

Juglans xylem transverse section

Juglans (black walnut) xylem tangential-longitudinal section

Juglans (black walnut) xylem radial-longitudinal section showing tyloses in wide vessel

Juglans (black walnut) xylem radial-longitudinal section showing simple perforation plates in wide vessels

Young Sambucus stem

Sambucus xylem growth ring. From left: pith, primary xylem, secondary xylem, cambium, secondary phloem

Sambucus xylem in transverse section

Sambucus cambial region.  Note crystals in phloem cells

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