Which of the following statements about growth rings is FALSE?
A) They may be absent in trees growing in the tropics.
B) They are caused by variations in the activity of the vascular cambium in each growing season.
C) They may occur in secondary phloem as well as in secondary xylem.
D) An annual ring represents one season's growth.
E) A false annual ring represents growth in an unusually short growing season.
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Q33: "Softwood" is the name given to wood:
A)found
Q34: Angiosperm wood differs from conifer wood in
Q35: Compression wood:
A)develops on the upper side of
Q36: In angiosperms, early wood _ than late
Q37: Which of the following statements about tyloses
Q39: Heartwood is different from sapwood in that
Q40: Unlike ring bark, scale bark:
A)is found in
Q41: A radial section and a tangential section
Q42: Fascicular cambium arises from procambium immediately outside
Q43: Bark may contain primary tissues as well
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