Secondary Growth and The Anatomy of Wood
{"Image DocumentName": "Secondary Growth and The Anatomy of Wood", "Image ImageDescription": "- Most monocots and many dicots show little or no secondary growth. These are often herbaceous, nonwoody plants. They usually have a life cycle that lasts one season. Corn, dandelions, black-eyed Susans are examples of herbaceous, nonwoody plants that do not have secondary growth. An herbaceous plant is made often flexible nonwoody tissue. - On the other hand, many dicots show secondary growth, which allows a plant to growth laterally or in other words to thicken their stems. Plants which show secondary growth are woody plants (possess wood in their plant bodies). Examples include trees, vines and shrubs. - Secondary growth in stems is the product of secondary meristems (Vascular Cambium and Cork Cambium). These secondary meristems give rise to our secondary tissues. - Cork cambium replaces the epidermis with a secondary dermal tissue, Periderm, which is thicker and tougher. A different secondary meristem, the vascular cambium, adds layers of vascular tissue (Secondary Xylem and Secondary Phloem). Wood is secondary xylem that accumulates over the years.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}