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Is the core of a tree dead or alive?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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The center of a tree trunk is dead. It's called the heartwood. It's made up of nonliving cells that were called sapwood when they were living and younger. So heartwood is the older, dead version of the younger, living sapwood of a tree trunk.

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