... wouldn't be able to be made without the use of meristem, because there are no apical meristem, the meristem cells are located in the Vascular Cambium. The Vascular Cambium is a thin layer of meristem cells, that produce Secondary Xylem as well as phloem and is an integrate part of the plants ability to expand. While the trees Vascular Cambium is producing ... no way of replacing the phloem that was removed. The roots would be starved of food and the endodermis would collapse. As a result of this, the xylem would start sucking air up to the leaves and transpiration would halt because of ...

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