Sunday, August 25, 2013

cambium

Cambium is a layer of tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem. It produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside of stems, roots, etc, originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood. It's sort of hard to see the cambium layer on this dead tree, but it is between the dark ring on the outside and the lighter wood.

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