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American basswood - Tilia americana This is a tangential section of basswood. The ladder-like parts and sections full of circles are types of intervessel pitting (alternate and scalariform), which is important for water conduction.<br /> <br /> *Microscope slide - tangential section<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/145817/american_basswood_-_tilia_americana.html" title="American basswood - Tilia americana"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/145817_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=lJReXDBqaRf3pCLxOuYVTxNpPVk%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="American basswood - Tilia americana This is a stem cross section of the xylem. The line across the middle is the edge of a growth ring.<br /> *Microscope slide - cross section<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/145816/american_basswood_-_tilia_americana.html American basswood,Tilia americana,microscopy" /></a></figure> American basswood,Tilia americana,basswood,linden,microscopy,tilia Click/tap to enlarge

American basswood - Tilia americana

This is a tangential section of basswood. The ladder-like parts and sections full of circles are types of intervessel pitting (alternate and scalariform), which is important for water conduction.

*Microscope slide - tangential section

American basswood - Tilia americana This is a stem cross section of the xylem. The line across the middle is the edge of a growth ring.<br /> *Microscope slide - cross section<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/145816/american_basswood_-_tilia_americana.html American basswood,Tilia americana,microscopy

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    Ferdy Christant
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    One of my friends asked what " intervessel pitting" means. Posted 2 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Good question...Tell your "friend" that they are important in water transport. They are small openings in the vessel walls that enable communication between vessels. Posted 2 years ago, modified 2 years ago
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        I'll tell him it's similar to Whatsapp. Posted 2 years ago
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          So, useless? Posted 2 years ago
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            Hmmm, not sure whether to bite or not. Posted 2 years ago
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              I'm definitely baiting you. ;P Posted 2 years ago
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                Almost worked :) Posted 2 years ago
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                  I should have feigned innocence. Posted 2 years ago

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The American basswood

"Tilia americana" is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Oklahoma, southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to Cherry County, Nebraska. It is the sole representative of its genus in the Western Hemisphere, assuming "T. caroliniana" is treated as a subspecies or local ecotype of "T. americana".

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