Phloem

This huge branch crashed down in my backyard after a storm. It looks as though it was ripped off the rest of the tree by the wind. With the branch ripped the way it was, it gave me a good look at what the inside of the tree looks like. The lighter colored inner bark is called the Phloem. When it comes to trees, the phloem is the innermost layer of the bark. It mostly deals with the transport materials made during photosynthesis. And as you can see, the Cookie made it in the picture successfully.