Shrub

As a shrub growth form of plants is called. In determining books, he is symbolized by ♄ for " Saturn".

Shrubs are woody plants with a basit tion growth form. That is, they have no family as the main axis, but they form a regular (usually annual) stems from buds near the ground.

Features

Shrubs are perennial woody plants that grow ground cover or upright. Shrubs can have several upright stems, which give rise to branches at which leaves are (or needles). You can leaf (from ) be casting: ( evergreen too) or evergreen (even summer green), semi-evergreen.

Ecology

Shrubs are important breeding grounds for birds. They are planted in parks and gardens as hedges. Many woody plants can occur as a tree or shrub, including the hazelnut tree / shrub or gray alder. Many shrubs, such as berry bushes, forming of thorns, to protect them from browsing. Reproduction is performed on berries or nuts, and with the aid of birds or mammals. Wind dispersal of seeds differs because of the small amount of mostly. The nuts are of rodents, such as the squirrel, buried as winter storage, so some may germinate, or they fall around the parent plant to the ground and form new plants.

Flowers and shrubs cover

• Bluebeard ( Caryopteris )
• Scotch broom ( Cytisus scoparius )
• Boxwood (Buxus )
• Yew (Taxus )
• Alder ( alnus frangula )
• Lilac (Syringa )
• Forsythia ( Forsythia )
• Viburnum (Viburnum opulus )
• Honeysuckle ( Lonicera species)
• Hydrangea ( Hydrangea )
• Currants (Ribes )
• Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus )
• Korkspindel ( Euonymus alatus )
• Privet ( Ligustrum )
• Oil willow ( Elaeagnus )
• Common spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus)
• Snowberry ( Symphoricarpos )
• Spier shrubs ( Spiraea )

Ground cover shrubs ( dwarf shrubs )

• Heather ( Calluna vulgaris)
• Lavender ( Lavandula officinalis)
• Zwergmispeln ( Cotoneaster )