Yeah, good luck with that.
In wider definitions, the taller palms, tree ferns, bananas, and bamboos are also trees.
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fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months agoI’m off to edit that wiki, the tree is a bit of a misnomer.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 months ago
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I see a fight coming your way in the talk section, lol. Good luck.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Nah, it’s correct. Just needs a clarifying sentence. They use the word tree but it’s not technically a tree, rather tree-like. They grew like this as they are plants well suited for seaside wind and storms. The grasses thay didn’t give up.
JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
No tree is a tree. “Tree” is not a clearly-defined taxonomical category. Anything that is tree-like gets grouped under the catgory “tree”.
GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz 4 months ago
I think it’s arguable that “tree” is just a term for a growth habit rather than anything really taxonomically meaningful.
juliebean@lemm.ee 3 months ago
agreed. my grandma used to have a big ol’ tree in her front yard, but it had to get cut down. it didn’t die though, and thanks to this unintentional coppicing, it is now an enormous bush. my grandma is very proud of her bush.