One way to determine the age of a living tree is to drill a core into the trunk. List AND describe the tissues that you would encounter as you drilled from the outside to the very center of a ten year-old tree. [You do not need to describe each year.]
The first tissue will be bark
Then phloem will be encountered
After that cambium tissue is present. It is a reproductive tissue.it produces inner bark cells of phloem and new living wood cells in xylem
After that xylem
Then sapwood
After that Heartwood is present.
In the middle pith is present.
Bark➡️phloem ➡️cambium ➡️xylem ➡️ sapwood ➡️Heartwood ➡️ pith
Annual rings determine the age of the tree.
In a tree first the springwood is formed. It is light in color
Then at the end of the season dark colored ring is formed .
Hence one year of a tree consist of one dark and one light ring.
Rings are present in Heartwood.
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