Chapter 26, Problem 3Q

Summary Introduction

To determine: The height of the nail in the tree from the ground level 10 years later if the tree increased in height by, on average, two feet per year.

Introduction: Secondary growth in the eudicot plant is the increase in the thickness of the roots, stems, and other plant body as the result of the activity of the vascular cambium and cork cambium. The herbaceous plants may undergo little or no secondary growth.