INTRODUCTION TO DENDROLOGY
DEFINITION OF DENDROLOGY
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Question
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What is dendrology?
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Study of trees and shrubs
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Study of shrubs
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Study of trees
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Study of how organisms interact with their environment
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -dendrology, also called forest dendrology or xylology, study of the characteristics of trees, shrubs, lianas, and other woody plants .
Detailed explanation-2: -Humphry Marshall (1722-1801) has been called the Father of American Dendrology, the study of wooded plants. In 1785 he authored Arbustum Americanum, a catalog of American trees and shrubs following the Linnaean system of plant classification, the first publication of its kind.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dendrology is a branch of botany that specializes in the characterization and identification of woody plants, while botany is the study of all types of general plants.
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