LEAVES | Complexity | Arrangement | Shape | Venation | Apices | Bases | Margins | Lobes
TWIGS | Bud Types | Bud Scales | Scars | Surface | Pith
FRUITS | Types
Twig Morphology: Pith Features
the medial or central portion of a twig that is usually of a different color and texture
| Chambered Pith | the pith is divided into empty chambers sectioned by cross partitions |
| Diaphragmed Pith | the pith is divided into solid chambers sectioned by distinct cross partitions |
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Chambered Pith
the pith is divided into empty chambers sectioned by cross partitions
Diaphragmed Pith
the pith is divided into solid chambers sectioned by distinct cross partitions
All definitions are from J. W. Hardin, D. J. Leopold, and F. M. White. (2001). Harlow & Harrar's Textbook of Dendrology. Ninth edition. McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 534 pp. ISBN: 0073661716.
LEAVES | Complexity | Arrangement | Shape | Venation | Apices | Bases | Margins | Lobes
TWIGS | Bud Types | Bud Scales | Scars | Surface | Pith
FRUITS | Types