Claim · model-written summary
Ultimate stems were the most bendable.
- Taxon
- Juglans californica
Juglans californicat0 - Organ / stage
- ultimate stemse0
- Outcome
- most bendablee0
- Direction
- most bendablee0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The ultimate stems on a tree are the most bendable”
t0“Juglans californica”
Title
Dense but flexible wood – How leaf nodes impact xylem mechanics in Juglans californica
Brett A. Bergman; Edward G. Bobich; Stephen D. Davis; et al. IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal 2018. doi:10.1163/22941932-20170205
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Association Stem stiffness declined with leaf node frequency.
- Association Xylem density declined with leaf node frequency in adult trees.
- Observation Node and gap tissue contained twisted and contorted cells.
- Mechanism The authors propose that node cells may absorb compressive and tensile stresses.
- Mechanism The authors link node frequency to vertical expansion, light capture, and wind-stress damping.