Resource Number: 17200
Title: Tree anatomy: Shoots and growth patterns
Description: Tree shoots, or the terminal elongating portions of above ground vegetative components, generate and hold leaves, buds, and growing points all integrated into vascular and live cell-to-cell connections. Unfortunately, there are many meanings for the word “shoot.” Three different generic shoot types are usually recognized based upon the point of origin on a tree. A terminal leader is a shoot (twig / branchlet) growing from a terminal or near-terminal position. Lateral shoots (twig / branchlets) grow from side, lateral, or axillary positions. Basal shoots can be divided into coppice shoots generated at the stem base, or root suckers (root derived shoots).
Last Updated: October 31, 2022
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Domain(s)/Area(S):
- Trees
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| tree anatomy |