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Clara carves her name in the trunk of her favorite tree. However, she accidentally misspelled her name so she tried to superimpose the correct letter. She did not like the final outcome so she decided to completely remove the bark around that region. After a few weeks, Clara's favorite tree died. What living tissues could have been damaged in the process? Explain.

Answer 1

Hi stranger!

First, there is a term for what Clara did to the tree, it is called "girdling." What girdling does is to cut away the living tissue of the tree that transports material from the roots to the leaves and vice verse. This specific tissue is called cambium and the transport "tubes" are called xylem and phloem.

Since the tree can no longer transport nutrients or water around, it dies.

This is common practice when foresters or naturalists want to kill trees without cutting them down.