Ground tissue includes

Options

A. all tissues except epidermis and vascular bundles
B. epidermis and cortex
C. all tissues internal to endodermis
D. all tissues external to endodermis

Answer

a

Explanation

All tissues except epidermis and vas cular bundles constitute the ground tissue or fundamental tissue . It consists of simple tissues such as parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma . It includes cortex , pericyle, medullary rays , in leaves the ground tissue consists of mesophyll.