Table 1.

Elastic bending modulus E of individual plant tissues derived from the literature [9]. *Wood can differ significantly in the longitudinal, tangential and radial directions.

tissue	E (MPa)	references
sclerenchyma	24 500 − 45 000	[7,10,11]
wood (sec. xylem)*	2600–16 000	[10]
collenchyma	1000–2600	[7,10,12]
vascular bundles	30–840	[7,10,13]
epidermis + periderm	350–500	[14]
epidermis	3–250	[10,13,15]
parenchyma (non-lignified)	5–100	[10]