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Do stems with cambium get thicker than stems with pith?

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There is relatively more pith in herbaceous stems, and the cambium , which increases the diameter of woody stems, is usually almost inactive; it is therefore characteristic of herbaceous stems that, although they increase in height, their increase in diameter is small.

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