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Lepidodendron: Extinct Lycophyte Tree

This document is about trees and contains the following sections: parts and functions of trees including roots, trunk, buds, leaves, and reproduction; evolutionary history; tree ecology; uses such as food, fuel, timber, art, bark, and ornamental purposes; care of trees; mythology about trees; listing of superlative trees; and references. It defines trees broadly as any plant with an elongated stem supporting photosynthetic structures above ground, and more narrowly as having a woody trunk formed by secondary growth thickening each year. Certain monocots may be considered trees under a loose definition.

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Lepidodendron: Extinct Lycophyte Tree

This document is about trees and contains the following sections: parts and functions of trees including roots, trunk, buds, leaves, and reproduction; evolutionary history; tree ecology; uses such as food, fuel, timber, art, bark, and ornamental purposes; care of trees; mythology about trees; listing of superlative trees; and references. It defines trees broadly as any plant with an elongated stem supporting photosynthetic structures above ground, and more narrowly as having a woody trunk formed by secondary growth thickening each year. Certain monocots may be considered trees under a loose definition.

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4/1/2017 TreeWikipedia

4 Partsandfunction
4.1 Roots
4.2 Trunk
4.3 Budsandgrowth
4.4 Leaves
4.5 Reproduction
4.6 Seeds
5 Evolutionaryhistory
6 Treeecology
7 Uses
7.1 Food
7.2 Fuel
7.3 Timber
7.4 Art
7.4.1 Bonsai
7.4.2 Treeshaping
7.5 Bark
7.6 Ornamentaltrees
7.7 Otheruses
8 Care Lepidodendron,anextinct
9 Mythology lycophytetree
10 Superlativetrees
11 Seealso
12 Notes
13 References

Definition
Although"tree"isatermofcommonparlance,thereisnouniversally
recognisedprecisedefinitionofwhatatreeis,eitherbotanicallyorin
commonlanguage.[2]Initsbroadestsense,atreeisanyplantwiththe
generalformofanelongatedstem,ortrunk,whichsupportsthe
photosyntheticleavesorbranchesatsomedistanceabovetheground.[3]
Treesarealsotypicallydefinedbyheight,[4]withsmallerplantsfrom0.5to
10m(1.6to32.8ft)beingcalledshrubs,[5]sotheminimumheightofatree
isonlylooselydefined.[4]Largeherbaceousplantssuchaspapayaand
bananasaretreesinthisbroadsense.[2][6]

Acommonlyappliednarrowerdefinitionisthatatreehasawoodytrunk
formedbysecondarygrowth,meaningthatthetrunkthickenseachyearby
growingoutwards,inadditiontotheprimaryupwardsgrowthfromthe
growingtip.[4][7]Undersuchadefinition,herbaceousplantssuchaspalms, Diagramofsecondarygrowthina
bananasandpapayasarenotconsideredtreesregardlessoftheirheight, eudicotorconiferoustreeshowing
[Link] idealisedverticalandhorizontal
aslightlylooserdefinition[8]whiletheJoshuatree,bamboosandpalmsdo [Link]
nothavesecondarygrowthandneverproducetruewoodwithgrowth addedineachgrowingseason,
thickeningthestem,existingbranches
rings,[9][10]theymayproduce"pseudowood"bylignifyingcellsformedby androots.
primarygrowth.[11]

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