Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), a deciduous broad-leaved (angiosperm) tree European larch (Larix decidua), a coniferous tree which is also deciduous In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only plants that ...
A tree is a woody plant that regularly renews its growth. Most plants classified as trees have a single self-supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in most species the trunk produces secondary limbs, called branches. There are few organisms as important as trees for maintaining Earth’s ecology.
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