Tree Biology

Contents: - periderm - phellem - cork cambium - phelloderm - cortex - phloem- phloem rays - phloem - sieve tube element - companion cells - cambial zone (cambium) - bark - xylem - growth ring - vessels - tyloses - paranchyma - axial parenchyma - multiserrate ray paranchyma - uniserrate ray paranchyma - fibers - symplast - apoplast - growth ring/ray compartment - decay development

Click on any of the above terms to view its location in the tree cross section

Phloem develops from the cambium. It has been referred to as the inner bark. Sugars are translocated from leaves toward roots in the phloem sieve tube elements. Sugars move from the phloem into the rays and into other parenchyma cells of the symplast when the tree is healthy and growing and sugars are abundant. Stored food (starch) can be converted back into sugars and moved to where it is needed in the tree.