A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
Perennial woody plants with no major central stem. Sound seed.-Seeds that are filled with living tissue and that are potentially viable.
A woody perennial plant differing from a tree by its lower stature and by producing several basal stems instead of a single trunk. This group includes: tall shrub, greater than 2 m tall (e.g., Alnus crispus, Salix alaxensis); low shrub, between 0.4 and 2 m tall (e.g., Betula glandulosa, Salix glauca); and dwarf shrub, less than 0.4 m tall. Dwarf shrubs are further divided into erect dwarf shrub, less than 0.4 m tall with erect stems (e.g., Vaccinium uliginosum, Ledum decumbens, Betula nana); hemiprostrate dwarf shrub, very short, generally less than 0.15 m tall, with a semi-erect or trailing stem (refers here mainly to Cassiope tetragona); prostrate dwarf shrub, lying flat on the ground (e.g., Dryas, Arctous rubra, Salix arctica).
a woody plant with many stems, branching below 1.5 meters tall.
a small bush; a low woody plant with several permanent stems instead of a single trunk
a wood plant, typically multistemmed and shorter than a tree.
A woody plant with a framework of branches and little or no central stem. Compare tree.
A small, woody perennial plant with several stems.
a woody plant that is never tree-like in habit; produces branches or shoots from or near the base.
A woody plant that doesn't have a single trunk and whose branches originate from or near the base.
a woody plant that grows with several equally strong stems and less than 15 feet maximum height
A much-branched woody perennial plant usually without a single trunk. [RA
A woody perennial plant, smaller than a tree, usually with several stems or trunks.
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
a low-lying plant or bush that has a woody stem
a low, usually several-stemmed woody plant
an evergreen multi-trunked woody plant that usually attains a mature height of no greater than ten feet
a perennial woody plant that branches at ground level to form several stems
a plant that produces woody stems near ground level
a small, low growing woody plant usually supporting multiple stems
a woody plant that grows from a group of stems, not from a main trunk
a woody plant with numerous stems coming from near the ground
A woody plant with several equally large stems from the base, usually less than 4.5 m tall.
A woody perennial plant, usually with multiple stems, smaller than a tree.
A low-growing plant with a persistent woody stem and low branching habit.
A woody perennial plant, usually with multiple trunks or stems and growing to less than 8-feet tall.
shrub A woody plant which branches below or near ground level into several main stems, so it has no clear trunk.
(plant growth form): A plant intermediate between a tree and a forb, but with the characteristic secondary thickening (woodiness) of the former. Shrubs are typically well-branched and the term is often restricted to plants less than 2 or 3 m tall.
a mallee that is low and very irregularly branched, without a principal erect main stem
A woody perennial plant differing from a perennial herb by its persistent and woody stem; and from a tree by its low stature and habit of branching from the base.
woody plant typically branching near the ground
a low branching plant without a main stem.
Woody perennial, smaller than a tree, usually with multiple stems.
A woody plant that usually remains low and produces shoots or trunks from the base; it is not usually tree-like or single stemmed.
a woody perennial plant differing from a tree by its low stature and having multiple permanent stems branching from or near the ground.
A low-growing woody plant, usually under 15 feet that often has multiple stems and may have a suckering growth habit.
a woody plant less than 5 metres high, either without a distinct main axis, or with branches persisting on the main axis almost to its base.
A woody plant that produces no trunk but branches from the base.
A woody plant usually branched several times at or near the base giving a bushy appearance, usually less than 20 feet tall.
perennial woody species with a life form that is usually less than 4 to 5 meters or 13 to 16 feet in height; typically, plants have several stems arising from or near the ground, but this term includes short tuft-tree, bamboo, and woody vine species; length of vine may exceed 5 meters; shrub species growth form may be taller than 5 meters or single-stemmed under certain environmental conditions.
A woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having a permanent stem branching from or near the ground
A plant with woody stems that is usually less than 15 ft. tall at maturity, and is either deciduous or evergreen.
Any species of woody plant of less than tree height (16 feet) and usually having multiple basal stems. Shrubland: Land on which the vegetation is dominated by shrubs.
type of woody plant which has several main stems at or near ground level
"A woody, perennial plant differing from a perennial herb in its persistent and woody stem, and less definitely from a tree in its lower stature [size] and the general absence of a well-defined stem" [Society of American Foresters, 1998]. The problem is that some species can grow as trees or shrubs depending on climate and site conditions. Species we might usually consider a shrub can sometimes grow to tree size. A good example is juneberry. Usually a shrub, it can grow to heights of 50 feet and over a foot in diameter under the right conditions. [To return to previous page, click your browser's BACK button then scroll through the page to your last location
a woody plant usually growing with several equally strong stems and less than about 15 feet maximum height.
A woody plant usually growing with several equally strong stems to a maximum height of about 15 feet.
A woody perennial plant having several flexible, more or less upright stems that typically branch near the ground.
A woody plant often with the number stems from the base, usually smaller than a tree.
A woody, relatively low plant with several branches from the base.
Low growing woody plant, producing shoots from the base.
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