Xylem and phloem

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Plant Biology subtree

Vascular tissues. Xylem: dead tracheary elements conducting water + minerals upward by cohesion-tension (transpiration stream). Phloem: living sieve elements conducting photosynthate source-to-sink (pressure-flow).

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