bioplanttissue

dermal tissue
- outer covering
- epidermis, cuticle, guard cell, root hair
ground tissue
- fills space between the dermis + vascular tissue
- parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma
parenchyma
- store food + water
- spongy layer
collenchyma

provides support for plant organs
sclerenchyma

supporting function
vascular tissue

xylem and phloem
xylem
- principle water conducting tissue
- combo of vessels + tracheids
- both dead at maturity
phloem
- principle food conducting tissue, located toward the outer part of roots + stems
- carried out through sieve cells + sieve tube members

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carolinew

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bioplanttissue

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tissue types

Updated

2010-04-23T12:29:21Z

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