Angiosperms VI
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Angiosperms VISecondary Growth
In Stems
What is secondary growth?
• Growth in “girth” of woody plants• Tissues derived from cambial layers
–VASCULAR CAMBIUM• produces secondary xylem and secondary
phloem–CORK CAMBIUM (phellogen)
• produces cork (phellem) and phelloderm tissues
Typical Woody Eudicot Stem (overview)
• Periderm or “bark”
• Vascular cambium
• Secondary xylem
• Pith
Woody Eudicot
Stem
Typical Woody Eudicot Stem(detail)
• Secondary xylem• Vascular
cambium• Rays• Secondary
phloem (including phloem fibers)
• Cortex
Secondary Xylem (angiosperms)
• Vessels• Fibers and
tracheids• Wood rays• Growth rings
(annual rings)
Secondary Xylem (“up close and personal”)
• Fibers• Tracheids• Vessels• Ray
parenchyma
“Growth Rings”• Spring (Early) Wood
– first cells produced by the vascular cambium– large cells (good growing conditions)
• Summer (Late) Wood– smaller cells produced toward the end of the
growing season– poor conditions (cooler, drier)
• Radical change in cell size allows for recognition of annual “growth rings”
Bristlecone Pine
(oldest of tree species in
North America)
4900 + years old
Oak Wood in Section
Note: thick, multiseriatewood rays
Other Variations• Heartwood
– darker in color– occupies center of the stem, more dense
(stronger)– deposit of waste products such as resins, gums,
oils, and tannins• Sapwood
– lighter in color– outer layers, less dense (weaker)– contains the sap (dissolved nutrients and water)
Woody Stem and Periderm
sapwood
heartwood
Woody Twigs
• Terminal bud with bud scales
• Axillary buds• Lenticels• Leaf scar
Twig Structures
Lenticels• Pores in the
cork layers which allow for gas exchange in the periderm
Uses of Secondary Growth• Wood Products
– Various uses based on the density of the wood (often in lbs./cubic foot)
– Furniture, baseball bats, plywood, pulp products, musical instruments, particle board, artistic pieces, fuel
• Other Products– rope, cinnamon, dyes, drugs (quinine),
charcoal, cork, maple syrup
CorkHarvesting
Making MapleSyrup
30-50 gallons of sap to make 1
gallon of syrup