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"A Tree Grows Taller by Pushing Up From the Base"
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Picturing a tree's trunk lengthening from its base overstates a real process — growth in length happens only at the tips, per Bio 2513.
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A tree's lower trunk, already differentiated, adds girth over the years but never grows longer once that section has matured.
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This entry states the popular image; Bio 2517 gives the fixed-height consequence that follows.