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Vascular Cambium Cork Cambium

Trees are either evergreen, having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year,[22] or deciduous, shedding their leaves at the end of the growing season and then having a dormant period without foliage.[23] Most conifers are evergreens but larches (Larix and Pseudolarix) are deciduous, dropping their needles each autumn, and some species of cypress (Glyptostrobus, Metasequoia and Taxodium) shed small leafy shoots annually in a process known as cladoptosis.[4] The crown is a name for the spreading top of a tree including the branches and leaves,[24] while the uppermost layer in a forest, formed by the crowns of the trees, is known as the canopy.[25] A sapling is a young tree.[

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Vascular Cambium Cork Cambium

Trees are either evergreen, having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year,[22] or deciduous, shedding their leaves at the end of the growing season and then having a dormant period without foliage.[23] Most conifers are evergreens but larches (Larix and Pseudolarix) are deciduous, dropping their needles each autumn, and some species of cypress (Glyptostrobus, Metasequoia and Taxodium) shed small leafy shoots annually in a process known as cladoptosis.[4] The crown is a name for the spreading top of a tree including the branches and leaves,[24] while the uppermost layer in a forest, formed by the crowns of the trees, is known as the canopy.[25] A sapling is a young tree.[

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Wood gives structural strength to the trunk of a tree; this supports the plant as it grows larger.

The
vascular system of trees allows water, nutrients and other chemicals to be distributed around the
plant, and without it trees would not be able to grow as large as they do. Trees, as relatively tall
plants, need to draw water up the stem through the xylem from the roots by the suction produced
as water evaporates from the leaves. If insufficient water is available the leaves will die.
[20]
The three
main parts of trees include the root, stem, and leaves; they are integral parts of the vascular system
which interconnects all the living cells. In trees and other plants that develop wood, the vascular
cambium allows the expansion of vascular tissue that produces woody growth. Because this growth
ruptures the epidermis of the stem, woody plants also have a cork cambium that develops among
the phloem. The cork cambium gives rise to thickened cork cells to protect the surface of the plant
and reduce water loss. Both the production of wood and the production of cork are forms of
secondary growth

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