Ring Barking

Subject: Ring Barking

Date: Thu Jul 16 00:24:52 1998
Posted by Jim Stamell
Grade level: teacher/prof
School: Learning Materials Production Centre
City: Sydney State/Province: New South Wales
Country: Auistralia
Area of science: Botany
ID: 900566692.Bt

Message:


When a tree is ring barked it dies.  
Yet when it is cut down, it is not 
uncommon for shoots to spring up 
from the stump left in the ground 
and a 'new' tree to grow.  What is it 
about ring barking which prevents 
the re-growth of the tree?

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