Stem function matching

Located at the end of the plant shoot

• Terminal bud

• Xylem

• Terminal bud scale scar

• Leaf scar

• Pith

Tissue in the vascular system of plants that moves water and dissolved nutrients from the roots to the leaves.

• Terminal bud

• Xylem

• Terminal bud scale scar

• Leaf scar

• Pith

Indicates the amount of growth in one year.

• Terminal bud

• Xylem

• Terminal bud scale scar

• Leaf scar

• Pith

The scar left on a twig when a leaf falls.

• Terminal bud

• Xylem

• Terminal bud scale scar

• Leaf scar

• Pith

Central area in plant stems, largely composed of parenchyma tissue modified for storage.

• Terminal bud

• Xylem

• Terminal bud scale scar

• Leaf scar

• Pith

Born in the axil (where the leaf meets the stem) of a stem.

• Axillary or lateral bud

• Internode

• Phloem

• Lenticels

Space between the nodes.

• Axillary or lateral bud

• Internode

• Phloem

• Lenticels

Tissue in the vascular system of plants that moves water and dissolved nutrients from the leaves to the roots.

• Axillary or lateral bud

• Internode

• Phloem

• Lenticels

A corky spot on the bark which orginally permitted air to enter the twig

• Axillary or lateral bud

• Internode

• Phloem

• Lenticels