The\xa0cork cambium\xa0is a lateral meristem and is responsible for secondary growth that replaces the epidermis in roots and stems. Synonyms for\xa0cork cambium\xa0are bark\xa0cambium, pericambium and phellogen. Phellogen is defined as the meristematic cell layer responsible for the development of the periderm. As growth proceeds, the cork cambium forms in living\xa0cells\xa0of the\xa0epidermis,\xa0cortex, or, in some plants,\xa0phloem\xa0and produces a secondary protective tissue, the\xa0periderm. The cork cambium is, like the vascular cambium, a lateral\xa0meristem\xa0that produces\xa0cells\xa0internally and externally by tangential divisions.\xa0Yes, cork cambium forms tissues that form cork. AS the stem continues to increase in girth another\xa0meristematic\xa0tissue called cork cambium or phellogen develops in\xa0cortex\xa0region of stem. The phellogen cuts off cells on both sides. The outer cells differentiate into cork or phellem.