FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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phloem
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xylem
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Lateral meristems
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apical meristems
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Detailed explanation-1: -The key to plant growth is meristem, a type of plant tissue consisting of undifferentiated cells that can continue to divide and differentiate. Meristem allows plant stems and roots to grow longer (primary growth) and wider (secondary growth).
Detailed explanation-2: -Tissues formed from lateral meristems, comprising most of the trunk, branches, and older roots of trees and shrubs, are known as secondary tissues and are collectively called the secondary plant body [1, 2].
Detailed explanation-3: -Secondary, or lateral, meristems, which are found in all woody plants and in some herbaceous ones, consist of the vascular cambium and the cork cambium. They produce secondary tissues from a ring of vascular cambium in stems and roots.