DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -plants that have herbaceous stems are dandelions, most flowers, and tomato plants. You can easily break these stems. In contrast, woody stems are hard and rigid.

Detailed explanation-2: -Woody plants have stems that live for several years, adding new growth (height and width) each year. Woody plants may be classified as trees, shrubs or vines and may have evergreen, semi-evergreen or deciduous leaves. Herbaceous plants have stems that die back to the ground each year.

Detailed explanation-3: -Woody plants are plants that have hard stems (thus the term, “woody") and that have buds that survive above ground in winter. The best-known examples are trees and shrubs (bushes).

Detailed explanation-4: -The big and tall plants are trees, which possess very thick, hard, and woody stems known as the trunk. This trunk or the single main stem gives rise to several branches, which bear flowers, leaves, and fruits.