The phloem, on the other hand, is continually pushed outward and compressed into the bark and is shed away. Because of the proximity of this xylem to the surface, injury to the bark, particularly ...

“In general, all parts of fruits are healthy. We eat the skins of apples, pears, etc., and we could eat the skins of bananas ...

I was a college freshman in Botany 101 when I first learned about xylem and phloem, the two transport tissues which carry water and nutrients up and down a tree's trunk.

Xylem & Phloem, Artful Plants shop opens on Canyon Road An air plant is nestled in a glass orb at Xylem & Phloem, Artful Plants, a new shop that opened earlier this month on Canyon Road.

I'm here to remind you that when you eat a banana, you should also eat those stringy white parts-which are technically called "phloem bundles"-that people usually remove and throw away. What ...

Both xylem-and phloem-feeding guilds exhibited wide host-plant ranges, as 74% of species fed on more than one plant family. In comparison, using data extracted from the temperatezone literature, ...