A photo of green bark on the Australian Bottle Tree

Bark and its Response to Environmental Fluctuations Director Lew Feldman Bark is the outer layer of most woody eudicot and gymnosperm trees that show an increase in stem (trunk) diameter. Because bark is directly exposed to the external environment, it often functions to mitigate the numerous environmental “insults” encountered by the plant. Indeed, the type…

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