Question

The youngest secondary phloem in a dicot stem is

• A. Inside the primary phloem
• B. Just outside the xylem.
• C. Just outside vascular cambium
• D. Inside vascular cambium

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Just outside vascular cambium

In a dicot stem, the phloem is present on the outermost layer of the vascular cambium. As the secondary growth sets in the secondary pholem grows futhermore out from the vascular cambium.