PLANTS

There are many different types of plants

which we can classify in different ways.

One way we can classify plants is by their

stems.

GRASS

BUSH

TREE

Grasses have a soft stemGRASSES

SOFT STEM HARD STEM

They are thin

and flexible

and usually

short.CHAMOMILE CLOVERS

BUSHESBushes have a thick, hard

stem with low branches.

BRANCH

BRANCH

BRANCH

BRANCH

BRANCH

BRANCH

BRANCH

They are

taller than

grasses and

live longer.

TREES Trees have a thick, hard

stem called a trunk.

TRUNK

They are the

tallest

plants and

have high

branches.

Some trees can

live for

hundreds of

years.

All tree trunks have rings inside.

They have one dark ring for each year

of the tree’s life.