Question

Compare and contrast characteristic features of herbs and shrubs.

Answer 1

Herbs, Shrubs and trees:

1. Plants are categorized into various types on the basis of the characteristics of the stem such as herbs, shrubs, creepers, climbers and trees.
2. The plants which are usually short, green and having tender stems are known as herbs.
3. The plants which bear branches near the base(ground) of the stem are known as shrubs.

Herbs	Shrubs
1.Herbs have soft and unbranched stems.	1.The stem of shrubs is hard and branched.
2.Herbs do not have woody stems.	2. The stem of shrubs is woody.
3. Herbs are short-sized plants.	3. Stems are medium-sized plants and are mostly taller than herbs
4. Examples of shrubs include tomato, tulsi etc.	4. Examples of shrubs include rose plants, lemons etc.