OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

FORESTRY

PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Do woody plants begin their life as herbs?
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -All vascular plants begin their lives as herbaceous seedlings. While the true wood tissues of woody plants are developed during secondary growth, herbaceous plants, especially ferns and monocots, typically undergo little or no secondary growth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Herbs have thin green stems. Shrubs have woody stems.

Detailed explanation-3: -2.1 Herb. An herb in the botanical sense is a plant lacking a permanent woody stem that produces seeds and flowers and that dies down after its growing season.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spices are made from seeds, bark, flowers and roots of plants that have been dried and crushed. Herbs are leaves; most come from herbaceous plants or plants that don’t have woody stems, but not all!

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