EFFECT OF ALTITUDE ON THE WATER CONDUCTING TISSUE OF STEM OF YELLOW RHODODENDRON (RHODODENDRON LUTEUM SWEET)
The water-conducting cloth the stems of Rhododendron luteum Sweet of two high-altitude levels (1200 and 1800 m above level of sea) the gorge river of Armkhi (East Kaukas) is studied. Attention to the radial increase, the density of vessels, their diameter and specific volume is inverted. Quantitative reconstructions, changeability of signs andaltitude effect on the manifestation of signs and their changeability are noted.