Tree anatomy, including leaf shape and twig parts, helps you identify and name tree species. Knowing a tree's physiology will help with identification.

Most trees can be easily identified by inspecting their leaves, seed pods, flowers, bark, or shape.

Anatomy of a Tree Ring A tree during the winter months stands dormant, but during the spring (or during the wet season, in some areas), it begins to grow. It actually experiences a growth spurt ...

In the case of this very old tree, the included bark started forming perhaps more than a century ago and was not revealed until the branch union could no longer support the weight of the branch ...

Anatomy of a Tree Ring A tree during the winter months stands dormant, but during the spring (or during the wet season, in some areas), it begins to grow.