cork cambium

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cork cambium

a specific CAMBIUM that contributes towards the production of bark.

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Bark is not wood but results from the activities of two lateral meristems: the vascular cambium, which produces phloem toward the outside, and the phellogen or cork cambium, which produces the cork and inner parenchymatous layer called phelloderm.

Chapter 7: Growth: cells to tissue

As the tree ages, more layers of cork cambium emerge and begin generating additional outer bark cells.

Bark is beautiful: remarkable for its visual diversity, this biological marvel also protects and nourishes trees, animals and humans. (mother's nature)]

As the bark develops, it differentiates into inner and outer bark, and a fresh layer of cells, the cork cambium, is formed between the inner and outer bark.