Tree Parts and Function

This tissue carries food made in the leaves down to the branches, trunk, and roots

• leaves

• roots

• phloem

• xylem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The top part of the tree that includes the branches, twigs, buds, and leaves.

• cambium

• crown

• angiosperms

• phloem

It is the means by which raw nutrients and water are carried from the roots to the crown

• xylem

• cambium

• phloem

• root hairs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Provides strength to the tree and keeps it upright

• cambium

• heartwood

• roots

• cork cambium

active layer of cells responsible for the growth of the tree

• cork

• roots

• root hairs

• cambium

serves to anchor and support the tree and to take water and nutrients from the soil for plant growth

• crown

• roots

• root hairs

• tap root

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A thin layer of cells between the phloem and the bark itself

• cork cambium

• phloem

• crown

• xylem