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Tree biology
Contents: - periderm - phellem - cork cambium - phelloderm - cortex - phloem- phloem rays - sieve tube element - companion cells - cambial zone (cambium) - bark - xylem - growth ring - vessels - tyloses - parenchyma - axial parenchyma - multiserrate ray parenchyma - uniserrate ray parenchyma - fibers - symplast - apoplast - growth ring/ray compartment -wounding response - decay development
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Phellem
in the very outer portion of the outer bark. It often flakes off in plates
or peels and is shed from the tree. Fissures and cracks form in phellem
exposing the phellogen in many species. Chlorophyll (green in the illustration
above) can often been seen near the phellogen in fissures.
