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Plants And Its Classification
If we consider plants, based on their height some are too short while some are too tall to climb. Besides the height, stem thickness, delicacy also varies. For example- Short plants have greenish, soft, weak stems and big tall plants or trees have a thick, strong and woody stem which is hard to break
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- Herbs: Starting from the smallest, herb is a short plant with green, delicate stem without the woody tissues. Generally, they have few branches or branchless. These can be easily uprooted from the soil.They contain enough nutritional benefits and vitamins to make it a part of the diet. Tomato, wheat, grass are few examples of herbs.
- Shrubs: Shrubs are much taller than herbs which might be of our height. Shrub is a medium-sized plant with bushy, hard stems with branches. Although stems are hard, they are flexible but not fragile. Rose, lemon, and henna are some of the common shrubs around us.
- Trees: Trees are big and tall plants. They have very thick and hard stems called the trunk. This single main stem i.e, trunk give rises to many branches bearing leaves and fruits. Some trees are branchless like coconut tree; they have only one main stem which bears leaves, flowers, and fruits all by itself. Banyan, mango, cashew, are some examples of trees.
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- Climbers: Climbers are much advanced than creepers. Even climbers have a very weak stem but they can climb upon along with some support to grow and carry their weight. These types of plants use special structures called tendrils to climb on. Examples of climbers are pea plant, money plant, etc.
- Creepers: Creepers, as the name suggests, they are the plants which creep on grounds. They have very fragile stems that can neither stand erect nor support all of its weight. For example, watermelon, pumpkin, etc.
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