Question

The bark of the tree comprises

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

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

All the tissues outside the vascular cambium.

The bark of the tree comprises all the tissues outside the vascular cambium. Various kinds of cell layers that constitute the bark are – Periderm (phellogen, phellem and phelloderm), primary cortex, pericycle, primary and secondary phloem. These all tissues are present outside the vascular cambium.