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Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.
Plant Hair (Trichomes Through the Microscope

This is from an environmental tapelift collected near Sylmar, CA.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light

Definition/Function:

Significance in the Environment:

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Associated Particles:

References:

Uphof, J.C. Th., Karl Hummel, and Karin Staesche, PLANT HAIRS, Gebruder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1962.