By: GeneCooper
Image: Gene Cooper, GIGAmacro ⧉
Subject: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History ⧉

Uploaded: 29 Apr 2015
Last Updated: 29 Apr 2015

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Cross polarized light used in this image reveals square shaped objects. The objects are minerals trapped in the cell of the leaf that were originally are transported through the xylem and deposited in the cells.