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Redsnake1993 t1_j6m6cnn wrote

Most trees would grow straight toward the light source if they could, gravity is one of the thing holding them back. And the cross-sections would be more slender & circular than usual because they don't need to form reaction wood to resist gravity.

Some plants have more specific gravitropic response and it's harder to predict in that case.

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turgidNtremulous t1_j6o3nyc wrote

Just a clarification, woody plants can include both monocots and dicots. Woody-ness (a shrub or treelike form) is a trait that has evolved many times independently in plants. Monocots and dicots refer to the number of seed leaves these clades possess (one and two respectively), amongst other differences.

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