What is the main difference between monocot and dicot stems?

Answer 1

I think that there are several differences, but the most obvious one is probably the arrangements of the xylem and phloem tissues in the two stems.

Answer 2

Monocot stems have:
-- vascular bundles scattered throughout, though more concentrated near the outside
-- no vascular cambium for secondary growth (diameter)

Dicot stems have:
-- vascular bundles in a ring, distinctly dividing the ground tissue into pith in the center and cortex toward the outside
-- vascular cambium for secondary growth

Answer 3

arrangement of vascular tissues. Monocots have xylem and phloem scattered throughout, a random pattern. Dicots have xylem toward the inside of the cambium layer (the "dead" hardwood part) and phloem on the outside of the cambium layer (turns into "dead" bark).

Answer 4

Roots of monocots are frequently fibrous, and function extra floor section, at the same time as dicot roots have a taproot. Monocot roots have their vascular bundles arranged in a circle interior the basis, at the same time as in dicots, they are in basic terms interior the midsection. In monocot stems, vascular tissue is arranged randomly at the same time as in dicots, that's arranged in a circle. Monocot leaves have equivalent quantities of stomata on the tops and bottoms, yet dicot leaves have maximum stomata on the bottoms.