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Tsuga Canadensis, Eastern Hemlock Radial Section

Tsuga Canadensis, Eastern Hemlock Radial-Section

This is an image from a stained standard section of Tsuga canadensis made by John P. Limbach of Ripon, Wisconsin. The pores along the tracheids in Eastern Hemlock tend to be uniseriate but are irregularly biseriate opposite.

Transmitted Off Circular Polarized Light Illumination

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