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Vegetative

32-Pith

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Transverse sections of Liquidambar stems.

The pith is the ground tissue that occupies the center of the stem or of the root, within the vascular cylinder; it may be solid (like here), diaphragm, or chambered.

It can be variously shaped; star-shaped like on this photo is common.


Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants cultivated at the University of Illinois.

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