Compression Wood  - Wood, that is strengthened on the lower side of the lean or the problem. (Because it is on the compression side.) Conifers have compression wood.  Reaction wood forms when trees lean. Compression wood forms on the lower side of the lean in conifers. Tension wood forms on the upper side of the lean in woody angiosperms.  Click here for more on Compression Wood.

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