Cross section of Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyl showing xylem tissue patterning formed by two different cell types – xylem vessels (red) and xylem parenchyma cells. SR2200 and Fuchsin staining of ...

Towering redwoods and lanky jungle vines hoist water from the soil to their lofty leaves through a tubelike tissue called the xylem. In early plants, which reached just a few centimeters and lived ...

An international team of researchers, including the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Plant Biology (IBMCP, a joint centre ...

(via SciShow) Trees are dead inside. It's true: the xylem tissue that supports their trunks technically isn't alive. Archaeologists hate that because this problem, the old wood problem, can cause ...