Plants that don't have woody tissue
Herbaceous
Perennial plants that develop woody tissue
Woody
Tissue that is produced by the xylem cells that contain lignin
woody tissue
Plant that is partly herbaceous and partly woody
suffrutescent plants
Trees 15-30ft
small tree
Trees 30-45ft
medium tree
Trees 45ft+
large tree
Trees that have a strong leader or upright branch that outpaces others
excurrent
Tree shape that is triangular
pyramidal
Tree shape that is upright such as canary island date palm
columnar
Tree shape that is fully upright and narrow
fastigiate
Globe shaped tree
globose
egg shaped tree
ovoid
hanging branch tree
drooping
Tree shape that is much more horizontal than vertical
spreading
woody plant 3-15ft
shrub
woody plant <3ft
subshrub
Plant that is altered to only have one stem
standard
Plants that grow at or near ground level
prostrate
Prostrate plant that has branch tips that turn upward
decumbent
Prostrate plant thats branches grow forward and not up
procumbent
Prostrate plant that roots everywhere it goes
repent
Plant that uses support of other structures to reach sunlight (herbaceous or woody)
vines
Woody vines
lianas
Plants that fall over on other plants
clambering
Roots or disclike structures that glue to anchor the plant to a structure
holdfasts
Tree that has small or no main trunk leading to horizontal growth
Decurrent