Ringbarking removes all of the tissue external to the vascular cambium but why does this cause the tree to die slowly?
2007-10-04 18:30:41 · 3 answers · asked by Roisin F 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Ringbarking is also called girdling.
The phloem is outside the vascular cambium, so this process removes the phloem.
Phloem carries food from the leaves to the roots. When the phloem is removed, the roots cannot get food and they soon die. When the roots die, the rest of the tree dies.
2007-10-04 20:31:32 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is this layer that supplies the nourishment to the tree like the bloodvessels in our body. Ringbarking cuts off the supply to the top of the tree
2007-10-05 01:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by Ziggy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the sap cannot rise and fall
2007-10-05 01:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋