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.