Sharp rush stem, light micrograph
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Sharp rush stem, light micrograph
Sharp rush stem. Light micrograph of a section through the stem of a sharp rush (Juncus acutus) plant. This arid-adapted plant (xerophyte) has scattered vascular bundles. From the outer to the inner layer: thick-celled silicified epidermis (pink) covered with a thick cuticle (brown-green); triangular patches of fibres in-between which is columnar palisade tissue containing chloroplasts (blackish-brown); thick-walled parenchyma tissue (hexagonal); thin-walled parenchyma tissue containing oval vascular bundles; supporting fibres (whitish-pink); phloem (blue); xylem (pink-yellow). Magnification: x37 when printed 10 centimetres wide
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Bundle Cell Biology Chloroplast Chloroplasts Columnar Cuticle Cytological Cytology Fibre Histological Histology Layer Layers Microscopy Monocot Monocots Monocotyledon Monocotyledons Parenchyma Phloem Stain Stained Stem Structural Structures Supporting Fibres Tissue Vascular Bundles Xerophyte Xylem Cells Light Micrograph Light Microscope Section Sectioned
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