What's the difference between wood and grass?

We all know that woody plants and herbs are different types, but what is the difference between wood and grass? Let's have a look!

I. the difference between wood and grass

1. Different plant sizes: Woody plants are generally taller, in which Arbor plants can be as high as tens of meters, and herbaceous plants are generally relatively short, no more than a few meters high.

2. the degree of hardness of the rhizome is different: the rhizome of woody plants is harder, while the rhizome of herbaceous plants is softer.

3. The growth years are different: the growth years of woody plants are longer and the growth years of herbaceous plants are shorter.

What is a woody plant?

Woody plants are sturdy plants with thickened roots and stems that form a large number of xylem and cell walls that are mostly lignified. Woody plants can be divided into three types according to their height and branching position.

1. Semi-shrub: perennial plant, only the base of the stem is lignified, while the upper part is herbaceous, withered in winter, such as peony.

2. Shrubs: relatively small trees less than 5 meters high, branched near the base of the stem, such as tea, rose, hibiscus, etc., divided into evergreen shrubs and deciduous shrubs

3. Trees: tall and erect trees with a height of more than 5.5 meters. The trunk is obvious and the branches are high, such as pine, fir, maple poplar, camphor and so on.

What are herbs?

Refers to the plant with underdeveloped xylem, few lignified cells and weak supporting ability in the stem. Herbaceous plants are generally short in shape, short in life and weak in stem, and most of them die above ground or whole plant at the end of the growing season. According to the length of the entire life history, it can be divided into annual, biennial and perennial herbs.