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Trees Use Tension Wood to Straighten Their Trunks
Key Takeaways
- A rotating, uniformly illuminated setup isolated trees’ response to their own shape.
- Young poplar stems curved upward despite the absence of consistent gravity and light cues.
- Tension wood forms on the upper stem and generates pulling forces that help correct posture.
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DT Editorial Team··via sciencedaily.com