3. 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
4. GRASSES
Grasses have a soft stem
SOFT STEM
They are thin
and flexible
and usually
short.
CHAMOMILE
HARD STEM
CLOVERS
5. BUSHES
Bushes have a thick, hard
stem with low branches.
BRANCH
BRANCH
BRANCH
BRANCH
BRANCH
BRANCH
BRANCH
They are
taller than
grasses and
live longer.
6. 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.
7. All tree trunks have rings inside.
They have one dark ring for each year
of the tree’s life.
