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Describe how the various supportive tissues in plants adapt them to their habitats

      

Describe how the various supportive tissues in plants adapt them to their habitats

  

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Sclerenchyma tissue; long, slender cells with tapering ends; with walls thickened with lignin; provide support and protection to the more delicate tissues; and resistance to storms and strong winds; main constituent of wood; Xylem vessels; longitudinally-elongated cells; with perforated end walls; with heavily lignified walls; to increase rigidity and strength to the plant; a main constituent of wood; Tracheids; mainly found in angiosperms; made up of long tapering dead cells; cell walls are highly lignified; and pitted; cells lie in large overlapping groups; to offer extra support; Collenchyma tissue; longitudinally elongated living cells; located beneath the epidermis and mid rib of leaf veins; thickened at the corners by cellulose and pectin compounds; to provide support in leaves, herbaceous plants and young woody plants; Parenchyma tissue; large; spherical cells; with thin cellulose walls; forming the bulk of cortex and pith of most plants; become tightly packed and rigid when turgid; to attain and maintain an erect posture of plants; main support structures in herbaceous stems/plants
Edwinnyongesa8 answered the question on December 4, 2018 at 04:05


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