PLANT TYPES

Fern - a flowerless plant which has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores released from the underside of the fronds.

Forb - a herbaceous flowering plant other than a grass.

Grass - vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves.

Herb - plant that lacks a woody stem and dies to the ground each winter.

Rush - any of several flowering plants distinguished by cylindrical stalks or hollow, stemlike leaves.

Sedge - a grasslike plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers.

Shrub - a woody plant which is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground.

Tree - a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.

Vine - any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent stems, lianas, or runners.

Woody - a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue and thus has a hard stem.