Along with the water conducting tubes, xylem tissue contains fibers which provide structural support, and living metabolically-active parenchyma cells that are important for storage of ...

Xylem cells transport water and ... which help keep the plant upright and store water and nutrients. And scattered throughout the ground tissue are the vascular tissue bundles, or veins, which ...

Water and minerals are transported up through the plant stem in xylem vessels. Xylem is a tissue consisting of dead, hollowed-out cells that form a system of pipes.