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It's the pith. The cells are parenchyma cells which in this case transport or store water and nutrients. The same type of cells are used in other parts of the plant, for example in the leaves to hold chloroplasts where photosynthesis happens.
It's the pith. The cells are parenchyma cells which in this case transport or store water and nutrients. The same type of cells are used in other parts of the plant, for example in the leaves to hold chloroplasts where photosynthesis happens.
It's the pith. The cells are parenchyma cells which in this case transport or store water and nutrients. The same type of cells are used in other parts of the plant, for example in the leaves to hold chloroplasts where photosynthesis happens.
I would expect water to flow well through the pith since the cell walls are thin. But it would not have the capillary action that the xylem has so maybe it don't work as well for transport as the tree gets taller. Given the diameter of the split I'd expect the tree top to be beyond that height so maybe the pith is just left over from an early stage of growth and was not functional for water transport when the tree was felled though it could be used for water storage.
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