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Plant
Leaf Surfaces
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Fractured lily leaf showing surface spines and fractured vein (lower middle of image) |
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Surface of passion flower leaf showing leaf spines used to deter butterfly caterpillars from eating the leaf. Open stomata are seen as white oval structures between the veins. |
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Surface of wheat leaf showing stomata in two rows (top & middle). Two spines are seen at bottom of image. Fungus growing on the leaf surface is seen as thin white threads spanning surface cells. |
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Grass leaf surface showing ridges made up of different sized cells - those at base of ridge being smaller than those at the top. |
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Cherry leaf surface showing veins (right and lower portions of image) and stomata (upper left portion) |
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