Angiosperms (flowering trees) are more predictable in terms of their buds, because in addition to the terminal bud/s, in most cases a bud is also developed below a leaf petiole (stalk), and when that leaf falls off, the new bud grows from that position, known as the leaf axil (hence it’s known as an axillary […] Read more… >
Life on earth is classified into different categories and the process of doing this is the science of taxonomy. There is a lot of interesting history associated with biological taxonomy but my goal with this post is to show where trees fit into the taxonomy of life. Plant taxonomy is governed by the International Code […] Read more… >
Roland Ennos gives an excellent explanation of the evolution of trees and their differences in his book Trees: A complete guide to their biology and structure and most of the below comes from Chapter 1 of his book. But the simple version comes from Colin Tudge: “‘Tree’ is not a distinct category, like ‘dog’ or […] Read more… >