tree summary

Poplar, (genus Populus), genus of some 35 species of trees in the willow family (Salicaceae), native to the Northern Hemisphere. The poplar species native to North America are divided into three loose groups: the cottonwoods, the aspens, and the balsam poplars. The name Populus refers to the fact

Bonsai, living dwarf tree or trees or the art of training and growing them in containers. Bonsai specimens are ordinary trees and shrubs (not hereditary dwarfs) that are dwarfed by a system of pruning roots and branches and training branches by tying with wire. The art originated in China, where,

Root, in botany, that part of a vascular plant normally underground. Its primary functions are anchorage of the plant, absorption of water and dissolved minerals and conduction of these to the stem, and storage of reserve foods. The root differs from the stem mainly by lacking leaf scars and buds,

Palm, (family Arecaceae), family of nearly 190 genera and more than 2,450 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants (order Arecales). Members of the palm family are of major ecological importance to many tropical ecosystems and provide food and habitat to a wide range of wildlife. Economically,