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Plant Hair Through the Microscope

Plant Hair

This is from an environmental tapelift collected in an office.

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.