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If one debarks a tree, what parts of the plant isbeing removed?

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Debarks means the removal of bark, i.e., all tissue exterior to the vascular cambium, including secondary phloem. Bark refers to a number of tissue types, viz, periderm (phellogen, phellem and phelloderm) and secondary phloem.


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