Internal Features Of Leaf Adapted To Photosynthesis

• Waxy Cuticle - prevents transpiration, reduces water loss
• Upper Epidermis - protects underlying photosynthetic cells
• Palisape mesophyll layer - 90% photosynthesis occurs here
• Spongy Mesophyll - captures stray sunlight and maximizes photosynthesis
• Vascular Bundles - Xylem Vessels, Pholem Tubes
• Xylem Vessels - transports water cells
• Phloem tubes - transports sucrose out of cells
• Lower epidermis - protects photosynthetic cells
• guard cells - controls size of stomata
• stomata - pore, gases diffuse in and out