19 Plant Habit Descriptors

Study the different plant habit descriptions and examples below.

Tree: a woody plant in the class Magnoliopsida. Shrub: woody plant in the class magnoliopsida with several branches forming close to the ground usually less than 6 m in height. Palm: in the class liliopsida, mostly single stemmed, some clump, straight stems. Vine: derives support from climbing, using attachments or spines to move in its environment. Epiphyte: grows upon another plant for physical support. They have no attachment to the ground and drive moisture and nutrients from the air, rain or debris accumulating around it. Parasite: A plant that dreives some or all of its nutritional requirement from another living plant, the host. Bulb: short stem, fleshy leaves or leaf bases that function as food storage organs during dormancy. Fern: Herbacious plant which uses sportes to reproduce (not flowered). Grass: Liliopsida class plant which has narrow leaves, with parallel venation- can be clump forming or mat forming. Aquatic: plants which have adapted to living in submerged or at the margins of aquatic enrironments. Herbaceous: plants that do not have woody stems, include most annual plants and many perennial plants. Succulent: plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to store water in arid climates. Ground cover: plants which grow densely and close to the ground- often mat forming.

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