AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The cork cambium is a lateral meristem and is responsible for secondary growth that replaces the epidermis in roots and stems. It is found in woody and many herbaceous dicots, gymnosperms and some monocots (monocots usually lack secondary growth).

Detailed explanation-2: -The vascular cambium and cork cambium are secondary meristems that are formed in stems and roots after the tissues of the primary plant body have differentiated. The vascular cambium is responsible for increasing the diameter of stems and roots and for forming woody tissue. The cork cambium produces some of the bark.

Detailed explanation-3: -Within the bark of a woody stem there is the cork cambium, a lateral meristem that produces the cork cells of the outer bark.

Detailed explanation-4: -The cork cambium also is a secondary meristem, containing meristematic cells. The cork cambium forms a major portion of the bark of woody plants. The secondary phloem also is part of the bark, but of course phloem is produced by the vascular cambium.

Detailed explanation-5: -cambium, called the phellogen or cork cambium, is the source of the periderm, a protective tissue that replaces the epidermis when the secondary growth displaces, and ultimately destroys, the epidermis of the primary plant body.