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tissues. The cork cells in different trees are variously (lcvcloi)ed 

 and accordingly two types of bork formation may be distinf2:uishcd. 

 In sycamore, cherry and plum trees the cork cells are only slif^^htly 

 thickened (Fig. 159) and the periderm in the form of layers 



Fig. 160. White oak bark with the fissured corky layers (bork). 



separates from the tree annually. In the oaks, chestnuts and 

 tulip poplar the cork cells (Fig. 159) are thick walled and com- 

 pactly arranged so that, under the stress of growth and thickness 

 of the bark, the layers of periderm are split longitudinally, giving 



