Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Xylem

Picture 15 - This is a picture of a branch snapped in half. Inside this branch is vascular tissue. This tissue includes two kinds of conductiong tissues. One of these conducting tissues are xylem. Xylem conducts water and dissolved minerals.

Picture 16 - This is the picture of a tree trunk. It was taken by a building. Through this trunk the xylem would transfer water and dissolved minerals to the leaves and branches of the tree.

No comments:

Post a Comment