Question

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.

A bark of a tree consists of?

• A. All dead tissues
• B. All tissues outside the vascular cambium
• C. All tissues outside the cork cambium
• D. The cork and secondary cortex

Answer 1

The correct option is B All tissues outside the vascular cambium

B. All tissues outside the vascular cambium

EXPLANATION: Bark is the outer most layer of stems and roots of any woody plant. A bark of a tree consists of tissues outside the vascular cambium. It overlays the wood. There are two parts of bark- inner bark and outer bark. Bark is made up of living tissues. The tissue of inner bark in older stems, includes innermost layer of the periderm. The outer bark of trees lies externally to the living periderm is called as rhytidome.