cambium
A thin layer of dividing cells that produces new wood and inner bark, increasing the thickness of stems and roots.
Vascular cambium of a representative woody dicot tree stem
All languages
- English
- cambium
- Norwegian
- kambium
- Japanese
- 形成層 — けいせいそう — keiseisou
- Korean
- 관다발 형성층 — gwandabal hyeongseongcheung
- Spanish
- cámbium
- French
- cambium
- German
- Kambium
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- US Forest Products Laboratory — vascular cambium is a thin cell layer between inner bark and wood
- USDA Forest Service forestry lesson — cambium is a very thin living layer between inner bark and sapwood
- University of Florida IFAS — cambium is a lateral meristem that produces xylem inward and phloem outward