Question

The given table shows characteristics of herbs, shrubs and trees. Which of the given points is/are incorrect?

	Feature	Herbs	Shrubs	Trees
(i)	Size	Very small, usually less than 1 m high	Medium sized, usually 1-3 m high	Tall, generally more than 3 m high
(ii)	Nature of stem	Green and tender stems with few branches	Hard and very thick stem with branches on the upper part of the stem	Hard stem but not very thick; branches arise near the base of the stem
(iii)	Examples	Grass, tomato, wheat, mint	Hibiscus, lemon, rose, jasmine	Gulmohar, neem, peepal, mango

Answer 1

• Plants are categorised into different types like herbs, shrubs, trees, creepers, and climbers based on types of stem.
• Herbs are small plants with non-woody stems, shrubs are medium-sized plants with a hard woody stem, trees are tall and big with hard woody and thick stem whereas creepers and climbers have weak stem.
• Grass, tomato, wheat, mint are examples of herbs. Hibiscus, lemon, rose, jasmine are shrubs whereas gulmohar, neem, peepal and mango are examples of trees.