woody plant
Tree or shrub
A woody plant is one with stems that persist above ground and develop hard, fibrous tissue—wood—rather than dying back each season.
Trees and shrubs are woody plants; grasses and most flowers are not.
The category contrasts with herbaceous plants, whose stems remain soft and green.
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- shrubSmall woody plant
- treeWoody perennial plant
- fruit treeTree producing edible produce
- hardwood forestTrees with dense timber
forest floor · tree line · cambium · deciduous · lignin · coppice · bark · xylem · dendrology · phloem · liana · climbing vine · sapling · old growth · heartwood · sapwood · annual rings · perennial