One Way to Kill a Tree Is to Girdle It

question 68

Multiple Choice

One way to kill a tree is to girdle it by cutting a groove a centimeter into the bark all around the trunk of the tree.The tree will typically survive that growing season,but will die over the winter.Why wouldn't girdling work on a large grass?

• A)The vascular bundles are in a ring just under the bark.
• B)The vascular bundles are scattered throughout the ground tissue.
• C)Monocots don't have vascular bundles.
• D)Eudicots don't have vascular bundles.
• E)Grasses have taproots.