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Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.

Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths from Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus intricatus)

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Rosids ORDER: Rosales FAMILY: Rosaceae GENUS: Cercocarpus SPECIES: intricatus

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This fine calcium oxalate sand is of limited diagnostic value for light microscopy due to its small size.

Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths