Question

Anatomically, the bark of a tree consists of

• A. cork and the secondary cortex
• B. all tissues outside the secondary cortex
• C. all tissues outside the vascular cambium
• D. phellem and the cork cambium

Answer 1

The correct option is C all tissues outside the vascular cambium

In anatomical terms, the bark of a tree includes all tissues exterior to the vascular cambium. It includes the following tissues - phellem, phellogen, phelloderm, primary cortex, parts of pericycle, primary and secondary phloem.
The bark that is formed early growing season is called early bark while the bark growing towards the end of the growing season is called late bark.