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Each tree is unique because of the physical environment it experiences over the course of its life. Environmental factors shape atree within the bounds of its genotype. Only by modeling the environmental influences can we create realistic models of trees. To this end, we constructed astructural simulation that calculates the mass of each branch of the tree to emulate the mechanisms the tree uses to...