Periderm tree

Common beech bark ( Fagus sylvatica )

Hornbeam bark ( Carpinus betulus )

A periderm tree or bark tree is a tree or shrub in which the first cork tissue that replaces the epidermis of the shoot is preserved and does not die. There is no crust formation .

Examples of genera and species that belong to the periderm trees are:

• Hornbeam ( Carpinus )
• Hazel ( corylus )
• Beech ( Fagus )
• Goldregen ( Laburnum )
• Currants ( ribes )
• Mountain ash ( Sorbus aucuparia )

proof

• Schütt, Schuck, Stimm: Lexicon of tree and shrub species . Nikol, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933203-53-8 , pp. 328 .