Categories of Plants | Study Guide

University:
Washington State University
Course:
BIOLOGY 120 | Introductory Botany
Academic year:

2020
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Categories of Plants Plants make be big or small, some may have huge leaves while some may have coloured leaves. Even the flowers are of different colours. The plants are divided into three categories namely herbs, shrubs and trees. There are also plants like creepers and climbers. Herbs Plants with green and soft stem are called as herbs for e.g. fenugreek. Shrubs Fenugreek Plants having the stem hard but not very thick branching out near the base are called shrubs. For e.g. rose Rose plant Trees Plants that are very tall and have hard and thick brown stem which have branches in the upper part, much above the ground are called trees like the banyan tree. Mango tree Creepers These are plants with weak stem that cannot stand upright and spread on the ground. For e.g. water melon. Water melon Climbers Plants that take support of neighbouring structures and climb up are called climbers. For e.g. money plant The unwanted plants which grow along with the other plant are called as weeds. For e.g. Chilean needle grass. Money plant