Question

Select the correct option:

Bark formed early in the season is called as ________ bark and bark formed towards the end of the season is called as _______ bark

• A. hard, soft
• B. soft, hard
• C. scaly, ring
• D. ring, scaly

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

soft, hard

In common language and economic botany, all the dead cells lying outside phello­gen are collectively called bark. The outer layers of the bark are being constantly peeled off on account of the formation of new secondary vascular tissues in the interior. The peeling of the bark may occur in sheets (sheets or ring bark, e.g., Eucalyptus) or in irregular strips (scaly bark). Bark formed in early growing season is early or soft bark. The one formed towards end of growing season is late or hard bark.

So, the correct answer is 'soft,hard'.