Compared with young trees growing out in the open, young trees growing in a darker forest understory tend to have longer, thinner trunks with less branching.This developmental pattern is principally caused by

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In the shaded forest understory, there is less red light, which leads to the conversion of activated phytochrome to its inactive form, affecting growth patterns.

Compared with Young Trees Growing Out in the Open, Young