You need to identify a plant but it is winter and the leaves have fallen to the ground mixed with others.The parts of flowers,fruits,and seed leaves of germinating seeds are not available either.Your best clue to whether it is a monocot or a eudicot is to
A)inspect the stem for woody bark since only eudicots have woody tissue.
B)determine if there is an apical meristem at the tip of the plant,which indicates it is a monocot.
C)determine if the roots lack phloem and xylem,which indicates a monocot.
D)cut the stem and if the vascular bundles are in a distinct ring,it is a monocot.
E)cut the stem and if the vascular bundles are scattered in the stem,it is a monocot.

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Monocots have scattered vascular bundles in their stems, while eudicots have vascular bundles arranged in a ring.

You Need to Identify a Plant but It Is Winter