Transmitted Brightfield Illumination
Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Rosids ORDER: Fagales FAMILY: Betulaceae GENUS: Alnus
SPECIES: rubra
Significance in the Environment:
Characteristic Features:
Scalariform perforations at vessel terminations are a characteristic of Alnus rubra and many other North American hardwoods.
Associated Particles:
References:
Core, H.R., W.A. Cote, and A.C. Day, WOOD STRUCTURE AND IDENTIFICATION, Syracuse Wood Science Series, Vol. 6, 1979.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnus_rubra