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bark

Plant tissue outside the vascular cambium or the xylem; in older trees may be divided into dead outer bark and living inner bark, which consists of secondary phloem. external parenchymal tissue, located just below the epidermis of the stem

Entityplant structure materialQ184453

Also known as plant bark · rhytidome

Instance of: plant structure
, material
Subclass of: Q332076
, plant material
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1.Stated in Art & Architecture ThesaurusRetrieved 2022-05-13
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Part of: tree

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Bark is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants. Plants with bark include trees, woody vines, and shrubs. Bark refers to all the tissues outside the vascular cambium and is a nontechnical term. It overlays the wood and consists of the inner bark and the outer bark. The inner bark, which in older stems is living tissue, includes the innermost layer of the periderm. The outer bark on older stems includes the dead tissue on the surface of the stems, along with parts of the outermost periderm and all the tissues on the outer side of the periderm. The outer bark on trees which lies external to the living periderm is also called the rhytidome.

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Members / parts: rhytidome (?)
periderm
cork cambium
phelloderme
pericycle
Has use: mulch
firelighting
bast shoe
Different from: Corteza criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: corteza
Bark criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: bark
Said to be the same as: cortex
Opposite of: central cylinder
Model item: bark applies to use with property: subclass of
liber applies to use with property: subclass of

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