Shrub
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A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m (15-20 ft) tall. A large number of plants can be either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience. Small, low shrubs such as lavender, periwinkle and thyme are often termed subshrubs.
A natural plant community dominated by shrubs is called a shrubland.
An area of cultivated shrubs in a park or garden is known as a shrubbery. When clipped as topiary, shrubs generally have dense foliage and many small leafy branches growing close together. Many shrubs respond well to renewal pruning, in which hard cutting back to a 'stool' results in long new stems known as "canes". Other shrubs respond better to selective pruning to reveal their structure and character.
Shrubs in common garden practice are generally broad-leaved plants, though some smaller conifers such as Mountain Pine and Common Juniper are also shrubby in structure. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen.
[edit] List of shrubs (bushes)
Those marked * can also develop into tree form.
[edit] See also
- Shrubberybg:Храст
ca:Arbust cs:Keř da:Busk de:Strauch es:Arbusto eo:Arbedo fr:Arbrisseau gl:Arbusto it:Arbusto he:שיח ka:ბუჩქი lt:Krūmas hu:Cserje nl:Struik ja:低木 oc:Arbust pl:Krzew pt:Arbusto qu:Thansa ru:Кустарник simple:Shrub fi:Pensas sv:Buske uk:Кущ wa:Bouxhon zh:灌木
