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cambium layer

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cambium layer
Etymology: L, cambire, to exchange
1 the loose inner cellular layer of the periosteum that develops during ossification.
2 a cellular layer of formative tissue that lies between the wood and the bark in plants.


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quot;Bark" is a misleading word, as the usual part of the tree or shrub actually used for herbal medicines is the inner bark , or cambium layer, which lies between the true bark and the wood.
Great sheets of bark were flying off the pine in all directions exposing the telltale boring channels of the mountain pine beetle in the cambium layer underneath.
Just under the bark of the tree between the xylem and phloem layers is the cambium layer.
 
 
 
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