Wasn’t sure where to post, but we got some tree slices for class and noticed one had two cores (as well as two other abnormal spots that we thought could’ve been branches or irregular cell growth). Any insight on what happened here? What’s the story?
(I also think physiology is the correct flair for this post but please let me know if another is more appropriate.)
by Lower-Boysenberry-33
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Branch roots. The branches were shed as the tree grew, but the branch base stays there.
Two cores: it was a codominate stem (two stems growing vertically, side by side). This could have been caused by the apical meristem (where the primary [vertical] growth occurs in the main stem) was broken, so the tree sent out two vertical stems from lateral buds.
The other spots of difference are where branches were.