形成层指一般指裸子植物和双子叶植物的根和茎中，位于木质部和韧皮部之间的一种分生组织。

它分为维管形成层和木栓形成层，其活动受到外界环境影响，温带树木的形成层，在春天开始活动，主要进行平周分裂，向内和向外产生新细胞，分别构成次生木质部和次生韧皮部。

中文名：形成层

性质：裸子植物和双子叶植物的根和茎中

外文名：cambium

位置：木质部和韧皮部之间

形成层

裸子植物和双子叶植物的根、茎中木质部和韧皮部之间的一种分生组织.分两种：（１）维管形成层，它有分生活动，可不断产生新的木质部和韧皮部，使根茎不断加粗.（２）木栓形成层，向外产生木栓层、向内产生栓内层.形成层细胞有两种类型：（１）纺锤状原始细胞，细胞核多为椭圆形或肾形，两端尖锐扁长形，液泡大而明显或小而分散，胞质稀薄，细胞径向壁较厚，其上具单纹孔.（２）射线原始细胞，近等径，具薄壁组织细胞的特征.形成层薄壁细胞的活动，受外部环境、尤其是温度和水分的影响.温带树木的形成层，从春天开始活动，主要进行平周分裂，分别构成次生木质部和次生韧皮部.冬天形成层原始细胞处于休眠状态，如此年复一年，在茎的横断面上，就形成了年轮.形成层细胞的活动一般可持续数月，但常随地球纬度高低而变化.Gymnosperms and dicotyledonous plant oots, stems between the xylem and phloem of a meristem. In two ways: (1), vascular cambium, it had a hand hygiene activities to continuously produce new xylem and phloem, roots continued to make bold. (2) cork cambium, cork layers produced outward, inward and produce phelloderm. cambium cells, there are two types: (1) the original spindle-shaped cells, nuclei are mostly oval or kidney-shaped, sharp at both ends of prolate shape, vacuoles, large and obvious, or small and scattered, thin cytoplasm, cell radial wall thick, on which a single pit. (2) Ray primitive cells, near-Drive, a thin wall tissue characteristics. parenchyma cells form a layer of the activities by the external environment, especially temperature and moisture effects. temperate trees, cambium, from spring to begin its activities, mainly carried out periclinal divisions, respectively, constitute the secondary xylem and secondary phloem. form a layer of primitive cells in the winter of hibernation, so year after year, in the stem cross-section on the rings formed. cambium cell activity typically lasts several months, but often varies with the high and low latitude on the earth .