Does the vascular cambium regrow after a thing has been completely enveloped in the tree?

Makes me thing about scars on trees and wondering why those seem to take so long to heal vs when a tree sucks on something like a large metal object.

24 points skateguy1234

This is probably a better question for /r/marijuanaenthusiasts

Pretty sure most people are just on this sub for the lulz.

I too am curious now that you ask though.

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8 points enbychichi

That’s a good idea—I just crossposted!

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13 points AnyDamnThingWillDo

From working in a high end cabinet making factory I’m guessing that the tree gets a bit of an infection around the foreign body that heals and protects the rest of the tree.

I pulled a lot of musket balls out of hardwood planks over the years. The entry wound could be a bit burl looking. The actual ball could be surrounded by a dark wood.

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4 points awkwardsexpun

Oh that's so cool

I've never seen the effect on the wood inside the tree before

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7 points myrden

It gets compressed but it takes a while for it to fully crush it in that spot. eventually though you will see the cambium get crushed and killed in that area.

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2 points Comfortable-Slip-289

Vascular cambium does not regrow. When the vascular cambium is damaged or infected the tree compartmentalizes the damage by chemically cutting off the cells in the damaged area to preserve the rest of the tree. It also develops thick wound wood around the damaged area to really seal it off, which is the part that makes the tree look like it’s sucking on things

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