Plane Tree  - Plane trees store an abundance of starch in broad rays.  Plane trees maintain a thick green cortex-like layer under the outer bark on mature trees.  The phellem is shed every growth period and the green layer is exposed.  Many other tree species have a similar mechanism for maintaining a cortex-like layer on aging trunks.  

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