Properties
- Created by: Lottie Hodson
- Created on: 24-04-13 13:18
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- PROPERTIES
- XYLEM
- Made of dead cells
- Lignin Cell wall
- Impermeable cell walls
- Thick cell wall
- Transports water and minerals
- Carries water and minerals to leaves
- No cross walls
- Tissue contains fibres
- Flow is upwards
- PHLOEM
- Made of living cells
- Cellulose cell walls
- Permeable cell walls
- Thin cell wall
- Cells lined with cytoplasm strands
- Transports food
- Carries food to growing parts and storage organs
- Perforates cross walls
- Tissue also has companion cells
- Flow is up and down
- XYLEM
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