Dendrology

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Dendrology (from Greek δένδρον, dendron, "tree"; and -λογία, -logia) is the science and study of wooded plants. Woody plants may be trees, shrubs, and lianas.

There is no sharp boundary between plant taxonomy and dendrology. However, woody plants do not only belong to many different plant families, but these families may be made up of both woody and non-woody members. Some families include only a few woody species. This severely limits the usefulness of a strictly dendrological approach. Dendrology tends to focus on economically useful woody plants, their identification and horticultural or silvicultural properties.

[edit] Link With Botany

Dendrology is often confused with botany. However, botany is the study of all types of general plants and dendrology should be considered more as a subcategory of botany specifying in wooded plants.

[edit] Noted dendrologists

• Mike Baillie, Queen's University of Belfast
• William Douglas Cook, founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum and Pukeiti (New Zealand)
• Michael Dirr
• Alan Mitchell
• Maciej Giertych
• Humphry Marshall

[edit] See also

• Dendrochronology
• World Forestry Congress (WFC)

[edit] External links

• Iowa State - Dendrology
• Forest Biology and Dendrology Educational Sites at Virginia Tech
• Dendrology information and other tree identification resources

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