Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about growth rings is FALSE?
A) They may be absent in trees growing in the tropics.
B) They are caused by variations in the activity of the vascular cambium in each growing season.
C) They may occur in secondary phloem as well as in secondary xylem.
D) An annual ring represents one season's growth.
E) A false annual ring represents growth in an unusually short growing season.
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