Dendrology

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Dendrology (Template:Lang-grc, dendron, "tree"; and Template:Lang-grc, -logia, science of or study of) or xylology (Template:Lang-grc, ksulon, "wood") is the science and study of woody plants (trees, shrubs, and lianas), specifically, their taxonomic classifications. There is no sharp boundary between plant taxonomy and dendrology; woody plants 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. Dendrology, as a discipline of industrial forestry, tends to focus on identification of economically useful woody plants and their taxonomic interrelationships. As an academic course of study, dendrology will include all woody plants, native and non-native, that occur in a region. A related discipline is the study of sylvics, which focuses on the autecology of genera and species.

Relationship with botany

Dendrology is a branch of botany that specializes in the characterization and identification of woody plants, while botany is the study of all types of general plants.^[1]

Noted dendrologists

Mike Baillie, Queen's University of Belfast
Francis A. Bartlett, founder of Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens and the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory
Ludwig Beissner
William Douglas Cook, founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum and Pukeiti (New Zealand)
Michael Dirr
Maciej Giertych
Owen Johnson
Humphry Marshall
Alan Mitchell
Alfred Rehder
Viscount Philippe de Spoelberch

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Planches Arbres et Jardins du Larousse du XXe siecle
Arbres: bois, feuilles, fruits, etc., première planche.
Arbres: bois, feuilles, fruits, etc., deuxième planche.
Jardins : arbres d'ornement, première planche.
Jardins : arbres d'ornement, deuxième planche.

References

^ "Dendrology". Tree Identification. Retrieved June 3, 2019.

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[1] "Dendrology". Tree Identification. Retrieved June 3, 2019.

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Noted dendrologists

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