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Young fig tree seedling with several broad green leaves, a slender brown stem, and an exposed, branching root system. Cluster of round ball cacti (Parodia magnifica) with ribbed green bodies, yellow spines, and several yellow flowers blooming on top, growing in a desert garden. stem anatomy stem cross section Joshua tree vine sprouted potato tuber vascular plant stem tissues Botanical diagram showing various stem structures in ferns, including cross-sections of protostele, siphonostele, dictyostele, and polycyclic dictyostele, with labeled tissues such as cortex, pith, xylem, and phloem. The image also depicts a tree fern with a labeled trunk and horizontal rhizome, and includes examples of root types: monarch, diarch, and triarch.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Corrected display issue. Dec 22, 2020
Added an image of a Tilia stem cross-section. May 12, 2020
Modified link of Web site: Untamed Science - Transport in Plants. Aug 07, 2019
Media added. May 16, 2018
Article restructured and cross-references added throughout. May 16, 2018
Add new Web site: Untamed Science - Transport in Plants. Oct 17, 2016
Media added. Feb 18, 2011
Added new Web site: The American Phytopathological Society - Lesson Plan on Plant Parts and Their Diseases. Feb 17, 2009
Added new Web site: The American Phytopathological Society - Lesson Plan on Plant Parts and Their Diseases. Feb 17, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Stem. Feb 05, 2009
Added new Web site: University of Illinois Extension - Stems. Jan 13, 2009
Added new Web site: Realtrees4kids - Stems and Rings. Sep 16, 2008
Added new Web site: Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Stem. Jul 17, 2008
Added new Web site: The People's Backyard Nature - Stem. Apr 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Backyard Nature - Woody Twig Exteriors. Apr 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Backyard Nature - Inside Woody Twigs. Apr 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Backyard Nature - Modified stems. Apr 22, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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