If the term “phloem” sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because you were taught about phloem and xylem when you learned ... and as such likely have a defined structure which supports ...

Students could view vessels of celery left to stand in food colouring with a hand lens and use a light microscope to look at prepared slides of the xylem and phloem to compare their structure.

Specialised plant cells include root hair cells, palisade cells, xylem cells and phloem cells. Just like animals, plants are made of tiny little cells. Like animal cells, basic plant cells have a ...