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EXAMINATION of four horizontal branches of each of Taxus baccata L. and Torreya californica Torr. showed the pith eccentric toward the upper side and on the lower side wood similar to compression wood except that the fine spiral striations typical of compression wood tracheids were not visible.
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PATEL, R. Spiral Thickening in Normal and Compression Wood. Nature 198, 1225–1226 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981225b0
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