<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The pericycle is a cylinder of parenchyma or sclerenchyma cells that lies just inside the endodermis and is the outer most part of the stele of plants . </P> <P> Although it is composed of non-vascular parenchyma cells, it is still considered part of the vascular cylinder because it arises from the procambium as do the vascular tissues it surrounds . </P> <P> In eudicots, it also has the capacity to produce lateral roots . Branch roots arise from this primary meristem tissue . In plants undergoing secondary growth, the pericycle contributes to the vascular cambium often diverging into a cork cambium . </P>

Why is the pericycle part of the vascular cylinder