GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms
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- tree
- A woody, self-supporting perennial plant usually with a single main stem and generally growing more than 20 feet tall.
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- tree anchor
- Cable and peg supports fastened to a ring around a tree, to stabilize it.
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- tree guard (alt. tree wrap)
- An orchard or forest nursery product of strips of various materials that circle the trunks of young trees, protecting them from rodents and mechanical damage.
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- tree line (alt. tree limit, timberline)
- The height above which trees can no longer survive on a mountainside, or the northern or southern limit beyond which only stunted forms appear on a continent toward a pole.
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- tree stakes
- Wooden supports used to stabilize new plantings.
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- tree wrapping
- The application of various materials to the trunks of trees to attempt to protect against damage by rabbits, children, wind, sunshine, etc.
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- canopy trees
- Forest trees which have reached a size where the crown becomes part of the uppermost layer.
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- nurse tree
- A fast-growing tree planted with, or left in place near, a slow-growing, permanent tree in order to provide shade and wind protection for the permanent tree until it has reached useful size.
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- ornamental tree
- Generally, a small tree as opposed to a tall, or shade, tree. Often they are flowering trees used as understory plantings, or massed in the open for color and texture.
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- shade tree
- A larger tree planted in a location where the canopy provides shade at ground level.
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- specimen tree
- A tree placed so people can gain the greatest enjoyment for the color, texture, scent, or other pleasures it provides.
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