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Stem of woody plants, and main structural component of trees
plants and the main structural element of trees. The woody part of the trunk consists of dead but structurally significant heartwood and living sapwood
Trunk_(botany)
Topics referred to by the same term
logs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Log most often refers to: Trunk (botany), the stem and main wooden axis of a tree, called logs when cut Logging
Log
Outermost layers of stems and roots of woody plants
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Bark_(botany)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Trunk or trunk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Trunk may refer to: Trunk (anatomy), synonym for torso Trunk (botany), a tree's central superstructure
Trunk
Species of tree
China Leaf print showing sunken stomata on leaf underside Thousand Tree Trunk (botany), Cultural Property (Japan), Ichikawa, Chiba. 10.2m on roots, 1,200
Ginkgo_biloba
botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well
Glossary_of_botanical_terms
Vascular tissue – bark (botany) – Casparian strip – turgor pressure – xylem – phloem – transpiration – wood – trunk (botany) Plant development tropism
Outline_of_biology
All of an individual plant's aboveground parts
is the branches, leaves, and reproductive structures extending from the trunk or main stems. Shapes of crowns are highly variable. The major types for
Crown_(botany)
Botany term for a circular arrangement of leaves
In botany, a rosette is a circular arrangement of leaves or of structures resembling leaves. In flowering plants, rosettes usually sit near the soil, but
Rosette_(botany)
Structural part of trees and plants
A branch, also called a ramus in botany, is a stem that grows off from another stem, or when structures like veins in leaves are divided into smaller veins
Branch
Structural axis of a vascular plant
halm, haulm, stalk, or thyrsus. The woody stem of a tree is known as a trunk. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes: The nodes are the
Plant_stem
In botany, ramification is the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, i.e., trunk into branches, branches into increasingly smaller
Ramification_(botany)
Sharp plant parts used for defense
spines derived from roots, like the ones on the trunk of the "root spine palms" (Cryosophila spp.). The trunk roots of Cryosophila guagara grow downwards
Thorns,_spines,_and_prickles
Sap or other resinous plant material
Gum arabic exuded from a wound in the trunk of Vachellia nilotica
Gum_(botany)
Perennial woody plant with elongated trunk
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
Tree
Property of animals that do not use self-locomotion
are permanently attached to a solid object, such as a rock, a dead tree trunk, or a human-made object such as a buoy or ship's hull. Organisms such as
Sessility_(motility)
Shoot growing from an adventitious bud
underground from the roots some distance from the base of a tree or shrub. In botany, a root sprout or sucker is a severable plant that grows not from a seed
Basal_shoot
Boots and Her Kittens Hugh and Suzanne Johnston (producers) color 10m 1986 Botany Series T Hoshizaki color series of 8mm film loops 1969 titles: Testing for
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Busway project that is under construction
under construction in the southeastern suburbs of Panmure, Pakuranga and Botany, in Auckland, New Zealand. The first section of the busway, between Panmure
Eastern_Busway,_Auckland
Fungal disease of aspen trees
Aspen trunk rot is a fungal disease that causes stem decay heart rot of living aspen trees. The pathogen that causes this disease is the fungus Phellinus
Aspen_trunk_rot
Natural peeling or shedding of bark
In botany, exfoliation describes the natural process of bark peeling or otherwise separating from a tree trunk, typically in large strips or plates that
Exfoliation_(botany)
Common name for certain tree species in the Populus genus
is due to their flattened petioles which reduce aerodynamic drag on the trunk and branches. Aspens typically grow in environments that are otherwise dominated
Aspen
Plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent stems or runners
negative phototropism. Growth away from light allows the vine to reach a tree trunk, which it can then climb to brighter regions. The vine growth form may also
Vine
Genus of plants
this is thought in part to be due to Sesia apiformis which bores into the trunk of the tree during its larval stage. Many poplars are grown as ornamental
Populus
Palm family of flowering plants
This monopodial character may be exhibited by prostrate, trunkless, and trunk-forming members. Some common palms restricted to solitary growth include
Arecaceae
Botanical term for a cluster of flowers
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence
Inflorescence
Botany Mills was a Passaic, New Jersey, manufacturer of textiles, which was organized in 1887. It merged with Continental Textile Co., Ltd., in January
Botany_Mills
Species of palm
Asia. Mangrove fan palms grow up to 2 to 7 m (6.6 to 23.0 ft) high, with a trunk of 4-7 cm. It may grow in clumps. It prefers full sun, a lot of water, and
Licuala_spinosa
Division of typically non-vascular land plants
areas, streamsides, shaded humusy soil, downed logs, burnt stumps, tree trunk bases, upper tree trunks, and tree branches or in bogs. Moss species growing
Moss
Extinct genus of vascular plants
constant throughout the trunk, then different forms indicate growth rather than levels of decay. It is likely that the trunk of Lepidodendron lycopsids
Lepidodendron
Type of growth in plants
In botany, secondary growth is the growth that results from cell division in the cambia or lateral meristems and that causes the stems and roots to thicken
Secondary_growth
Plant exudate
the trunk of Pterocarpus marsupium. In addition to kinos from these two species, Bengal or Butea kino from Butea frondosa and Australian, Botany Bay,
Kino_(botany)
Cellular structures found in some woods
In a transverse section (perpendicular to the vertical axis of a tree trunk, and so horizontal) they appear as radiating lines from the centre of the
Medullary_ray_(botany)
Topics referred to by the same term
conditions Neural fibrolipoma overgrowth of fibro-fatty tissue along a nerve trunk that often leads to nerve compression Perlman syndrome a rare overgrowth
Overgrowth
A branch attachment is where a branch is attached to the trunk of a tree. Three types of branch attachment are recognized due to differences in the anatomical
Branch_attachment
Extinct genus of spore-bearing plants
occasionally forked trunk that lacked wood. Support came from a layer of closely packed leaf bases just below the surface of the trunk, while the center
Sigillaria
Type of plant tissue involved in cell proliferation
defined main trunk. For example, in trees, the tip of the main trunk bears the dominant shoot meristem. Therefore, the tip of the trunk grows rapidly
Meristem
Plants that shed leaves seasonally
Deciduous forest In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdʒu.əs/) means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off"
Deciduous
Extinct genus of indeterminate eukaryote
Late Silurian until the Late Devonian periods. Prototaxites formed large trunk-like structures up to 1 metre (3 ft) wide, reaching 8 metres (26 ft) in
Prototaxites
Species of plant endemic to Indonesia
Journal of Botany by Peter Weston and Austin Mast, to the new genus Lasjia. The species grows to about 14 m (46 ft) height, with a straight trunk up to 70 cm
Lasjia_erecta
Group of seed plants
Argentina Elatides foliage, Late Cretaceous, N. America Base of conifer trunk with roots, Early Miocene, Lesbos, Greece Several extant conifers have relict
Conifer
Species of conifer
buttresses on the lower trunk. M. glyptostroboides is a fast-growing tree, exceeding 35 m (115 ft) in height and 1 m (3.3 ft) in trunk diameter by the age
Metasequoia_glyptostroboides
Genus of trees known as baobab
that are bottle-shaped or cylindrical and tapered from bottom to top. The trunk is made of fibrous wood arranged in concentric rings, although rings are
Adansonia
Species of eucalyptus
tree that typically reaches a height of 60–78 m (197–256 ft), with the trunk up to 240 cm (94 in) in diameter and with buttresses up to 4 m (13 ft) high
Eucalyptus_deglupta
Species of flowering plant
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Scolopia_schreberi
Starch extracted from tropical palm stems
trunk of the sago palm is harvested before the tree fully matures because the starch reserves inside the trunk are richest at that stage. The trunk is
Sago
Genus of flowering plants in the rose family Rosaceae
sharp-tipped branches that arise either from other branches or from the trunk, and are typically 1–3 cm (1⁄2–1 in) long (recorded as up to 11.5 cm or
Crataegus
Deformed tree outgrowth
manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds. Burl formation
Burl
Species of plant
up to 9 m (30 ft) in height and 12 m (39 ft) across the crown, and the trunk reaches up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) DBH. The fruits of D. cinnabari are small
Dracaena_cinnabari
Species of tree native to North America
The giant sequoia grow to an average height of 50–85 m (164–279 ft) with trunk diameters ranging from 6–8 m (20–26 ft). Record trees have been measured
Sequoiadendron_giganteum
Species of tree native to Australia
the trunk, with leaf-bearing branchlets crowded at their ends. The branches are held more or less horizontally – those towards the top of the trunk may
Araucaria_bidwillii
List of longest living trees
ones where parts of the tree continue to live after the death of the first trunk or trunks, and non-clonal trees. Tree ages are derived from a variety of
List_of_oldest_trees
Species of cactus
green or reddish with conspicuous white spots marking the stomata. Its trunk has grayish-brown bark and has a diameter of up to 20 cm (8 in). The areoles
Pereskia_grandifolia
Species of palm
year. The trunk is patterned with the marks of leaves that have fallen away. The spines are distributed between these leaf scars on the trunk. The plant
Astrocaryum_standleyanum
Species of plant
lobes. The original specimen was reportedly collected from a hollow tree trunk in a Pinus merkusii forest, at an elevation of around 900–1,000 metres (3
Hoya_amicabilis
Species of fungus
of maple trees and produces a large, distinguishable canker on the main trunk of the tree. Infection and spread of the disease is accomplished with the
Eutypella_parasitica
Species of tree
in diameter at breast height (DBH). It has a clear[clarification needed] trunk and branches horizontally. The leaves are alternately arranged and drooping
Monodora_myristica
Genus of flowering plants constituting the family Platanaceae
genotyping help resolve the puzzle of central American Platanus". Annals of Botany. 112 (3): 589–602. doi:10.1093/aob/mct134. ISSN 1095-8290. PMC 3718222.
Platanus
German term: a part of a tree
between the branch and trunk of woody plants; the inflammation formed at the base of the branch is caused by annually overlapping trunk tissue. The shape of
Branch_collar
Selective removal of parts of a plant
wood attaches with the trunk/stem wood. This can often appear raised. This refers to the junction between branch wood and trunk/stem wood. It usually looks
Pruning
Elm cultivar
while a hybrid var. tortuosa cultivar from Louveigné, Belgium, with twisted trunk and large leaves, was described by Aigret in 1905. An U. campestris suberosa
Ulmus_'Tortuosa'
Palm tree with many uses, mainly fruit as cash crop
(açaí berries, or simply açaí), hearts of palm (a vegetable), leaves, and trunk wood. Global demand for the fruit has expanded rapidly in the 21st century
Açaí_palm
Species of eucalyptus
typically grows to a height of 20–50 m (66–164 ft) and forms a lignotuber. The trunk is straight, usually unbranched for more than half of the total height of
Eucalyptus_tereticornis
Species of palm
felted hairs from the leaves' axils to treat ill limbs of patients. Its trunk pith can be extracted to make a kind of flour that has similar properties
Caryota_mitis
Species of palm
Award of Garden Merit. A woody, rhizomatous plant with a slender green trunk, it is found in tropical areas and grows to 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in)
Chamaedorea_elegans
Species of plant
copeyensis is a large deciduous tree up to 35 metres (115 feet) tall with a trunk frequently more than 100 centimetres (39 inches) in diameter. The leaves
Quercus_copeyensis
Thus, they start to resemble the main trunk. Besides carrying the weight of horizontal boughs, when the main trunk is destroyed due to ageing or accident
Glossary_of_plant_morphology
Species of tree endemic to Western Australia
the south-west of Western Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped to broadly lance-shape adult leaves, flower buds
Corymbia_ficifolia
Species of epiphyte
opportunity to attach itself to a nearby supporting tree and climb upon it. The trunk of this plant can send down many strong aerial roots that not only give
Philodendron_bipinnatifidum
Genus of plants
borer adult Emerald ash borer larva Emerald ash borer damage on a fallen trunk Chalara ash dieback Canker on an ash tree Ash is a hardwood and is dense
Fraxinus
Standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree
height, or DBH, is a standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree. DBH is one of the most common dendrometric measurements
Diameter_at_breast_height
Extinct order of vascular tree-like plants
vascular system of the erect trunk was unusual in that it switched its morphological development as the plant grew. The young trunk began as a protostele in
Lepidodendrales
Chilean and Argentine coniferous tree
family Araucariaceae and growing to a height of 30–40 m (98–131 ft) and a trunk diameter of 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft). Native to central and southern Chile and
Araucaria_araucana
Species of tree endemic to New Zealand
of growth. A mature toothed lancewood can reach 6 metres height with a trunk of up to 25 cm in diameter. It is only in adulthood that the tree's shape
Pseudopanax_ferox
Species of tree
family Sapotaceae, remarkable for the large fruits growing directly from the trunk, and in many ways resembling the Lecythidaceae genus Napoleonaea. It is
Omphalocarpum_elatum
Species of tropical fruit-bearing tree
typically stands 9–12 m (30–40 ft) in height and the crown is round. The trunk is 80 cm (2+1⁄2 ft) thick with corky bark. The branches are long and thick
Longan
Waterfall in Merionethshire, Wales
Feirionnydd) in north Wales. It lies north-east of Ganllwyd off the A470 trunk road between Dolgellau and Trawsfynydd. Prints made from engravings based
Pistyll_Cain
Species of plant
Ackee is an evergreen tree that grows about 10 metres tall, with a short trunk and a dense crown. The leaves are paripinnately, compound 15–30 centimetres
Ackee
Genus of plants (coniferous trees)
Mediterranean region at high altitudes. The trees grow tall with a cylindrical trunk and a wide leafy crown. The cones are erect; the leaves grow in tufts of
Cedrus
Species of flowering plant
Zelkova schneideriana Foliage Detail of trunk at the Kunming Institute of Botany Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade:
Zelkova_schneideriana
Species of palm
rough trunk covered in partial fibre from the old leaf bases as it sheds its fronds naturally leaving only a small part of the leaf bases on the trunk which
Trachycarpus_takil
Plant root system
with precocity (early fruiting), higher yield efficiency (based on yield/trunk cross-sectional area), lower suckers, and wider branch angles compare to
Rootstock
Immature or embryonic shoot
In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem. Once formed, a bud may remain
Bud
Basal organ of a vascular plant
HC, Das KS, Datta CT, Sen S. College Botany. Vol. 1. Kolkata: New Central Book Agency. Dutta AC, Dutta TC. BOTANY For Degree Students (6th ed.). Oxford
Root
British palaeobotanist (1870-1918)
age of 15 for health reasons he developed an interest in botany. Returning home he studied Botany and Geology at Trinity College, Cambridge (1895-1899),
Edward_Alexander_Newell_Arber
Type of vascular plant growth
"foot", in reference to the fact that monopodial plants have a single trunk or stem. Orchids with monopodial growth often produce copious aerial roots
Monopodial
Sugar transport tissue in vascular plants
or other plant can be killed by stripping away the bark in a ring on the trunk or stem. With the phloem destroyed, nutrients cannot reach the roots, and
Phloem
Division of naked-seeded dioecious plants
the division Cycadophyta—are seed plants with a stout, woody cylindrical trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and usually pinnate (feather-shaped)
Cycad
Tallest, largest, stoutest, widest, and other such trees
many factors. Records have been kept for trees with superlative height, trunk diameter (girth), canopy coverage, airspace volume, wood volume, estimated
List_of_superlative_trees
Species of tree
trunks. Measurements of trunk circumference are taken at only a few predetermined heights up the trunk, and assume that the trunk is circular in cross-section
Sequoia_sempervirens
Genus of trees
Gun. Retrieved 2016-02-21. Largo, Michael (2014). The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World's Most Fascinating Flora. HarperCollins. Assessing the Fossil
Tupelo_(tree)
Citrus fruit and plant
colder climates. Its trunk, which rarely grows straight, has many branches, and they often originate quite far down on the trunk. The leaves are ovate
Key_lime
Subgenus of fig trees
that resembles a grove of trees, with every trunk connected directly or indirectly to the primary trunk. The topology of this massive root system inspired
Banyan
Extinct genus of seed plants
North America, Europe and Asia. They grew as cycad-like plants with a short trunk topped with a crown of leaves. William Buckland originally gave the name
Cycadeoidea
Extinct genus of tree
feet) and 4 metres (13 ft) in height. Like other cladoxylopsids, the tree trunk was hollow, and composed of multiple interconnected longitudinal strands
Calamophyton
Species of tree endemic to New Zealand
History: Leaves of a pukatea seedling The buttressed trunk of a pukatea Stems of pukatea Pukatea trunk Pukatea in a forested area Svensson, M.S. (2025).
Laurelia_novae-zelandiae
Method of applying pesticides
Trunk injection or endotherapy also known as vegetative endotherapy, is a method of target-precise application of pesticides, plant resistance activators
Tree_injection
of the woody layers which one perceives when one cuts horizontally the trunk of a tree" (De la cause de l'excentricité des couches ligneuses qu'on apperçoit
1737_in_science
Largest known organism
(November 15, 1976). "Clone size in American aspens". Canadian Journal of Botany. 54 (22): 2603–2607. Bibcode:1976CaJB...54.2603K. doi:10.1139/b76-280. ISSN 0008-4026
Pando_(tree)
Species of flowering plant
height in its natural habitat, but is usually shorter in cultivation. The trunk is smoothly cylindrical and green or grey-green in colour, often tapering
Brachychiton_acerifolius
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