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woody plant

Plants {woody plant} can have tough, thick, hard stem. Stem is hard because it has lignin.

perennial

Woody plants {perennial} can live longer than one year.

monocarpic plant

Rare plants {monocarpic plant} flower only once and live from 2 to 100 years.

shrub

Some perennial plants {shrub}| have many similar woody stems.

tree and stem

Some perennial plants {tree, stem}| have one main woody stem.

annual ring

In perennials, stem xylem and phloem grow each summer and stop growing in winter, so years leave distinct rings {annual ring}| underneath cortex.

4-Botany-Plant-Vascular-Parts-Stem-Woody-Xylem

sapwood

Outer xylem layers {sapwood}| conduct sap.

heartwood

Inner xylem layers {heartwood}| are for strength.

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