Xylem Cell Diagram Gcse. Xylem consists of dead cells. In a mature flowering plant or tree most of the cells that make up the xylem are specialised cells.
The cells are no longer alive. Xylem consists of dead cells. Lignin gives strength and support to the plant.
The cells that make up the xylem are adapted to their.
Unlike xylem phloem vessels contain cytoplasm and this goes through the holes in the sieve plates from one cell to the next. Transport in the xylem is a physical process. Xylem consists of dead cells. We call lignified cells wood.