What Are Intercalary meristems

Intercalary meristems are found in grasses and related plants that do not have vascular cambium or cork cambium, as they do not grow in depth. These plants have apical meristems and the attachment regions of the leaves, called nodes, contain a third type of meristematic tissue. This meristem will also actively produce new cells and is responsible for the increase in length. The intercalary meristem is responsible for regrowth of cut grass.

There are other tissues in plants that do not actively produce new cells. These tissues are called nonmeristematic tissues. Nonmeristematic tissues are made up of cells that are produced by meristems and come in different shapes and sizes depending on their intended function in the plant. Sometimes tissues are composed of the same type of cells, or sometimes they are mixed. There are simple tissues and complex tissues to consider but we will start with simple tissues for the sake of discussion.