As plants grow, stems and branches thicken or increase in girth. This thickening is a result of cells in the vascular cambium. Vascular cambium can develop into either xylem or phloem tissue within a plant. Because of this unique ability, we would expect vascular cambium cells to have all but one of these characteristics.

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28 March, 02:30

As plants grow, stems and branches thicken or increase in girth. This thickening is a result of cells in the vascular cambium. Vascular cambium can develop into either xylem or phloem tissue within a plant. Because of this unique ability, we would expect vascular cambium cells to have all but one of these characteristics.

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Diana Bush · Answer 1

Woody, re-inforced cell walls. We would not expect vascular cambium to have woody, re-inforced cell walls. We would expect vascular cambium to be simple, undifferentiated cells that are capable of rapid cell division.