The two tissue types that comprise the conducting system of plants are the xylem and phloem (zigh-lem and flow-um). Both tissues are found throughout the plant, ...

I was a college freshman in Botany 101 when I first learned about xylem and phloem, the two transport tissues which carry water and nutrients up and down a tree's trunk.

We can look at trees as an example of this secondary growth, through the annual rings that can often be identified. Each season new cells of both xylem and phloem are differentiated from the ...

Specialised plant cells include root hair, palisade, xylem and phloem cells. Find out more with Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

Part of the basic lesson was learning about xylem and phloem – the transportation system that […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 66°F. Saturday, February 22nd 2025 ...

The reason we need cold nights and warm days for good maple sugar flow has to do with generating enough pressure in the xylem to start pushing its contents, the water and sugars, up from the roots.

I had always assumed that the sugar maple sap for maple syrup comes from the phloem, but I was wrong. When maple sugaring in the spring, we are actually tapping into the xylem, the sugars in this ...