cylindrical area in stems, branches and trunks of woody plants where cell division occurs causing radial growth; xylem and phloem are produced here as well
The thin layer of tissue between the bark and the growth layers that produce the xylem.
a secondary meristem, the cells of which give rise to secondary xylem and phloem, leading to an increase in stem girth.
A layer of lateral meristematic tissue between the xylem and phloem in the stems of woody plants. Lateral meristem tissue in plants that produces secondary growth.
a lateral meristem that produces secondary vascular tissue in stems and roots; see cambium and bifacial and unifacial vascular cambium
A continuous cylinder of meristematic cells surrounding the xylem and pith that produces secondary xylem and phloem.
Tissue that produces new vascular cells; lies between the xylem and phloem in dicot stems.
The vascular cambium is a lateral meristem: The vascular cambium is the source of both the secondary xylem (inwards) and the secondary phloem (outwards), and is located between these tissues in the stem and root. A few leaves even have a vascular cambium.Ewers, F.W. 1982. Secondary growth in needle leaves of Pinus longaeva (bristlecone pine) and other conifers: Quantitative data.
