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ShrubA shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. A large number of plants can be either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience. Small, low shrubs such as lavender, periwinkle and thyme are often termed subshrubs.
A natural plant community dominated by shrubs is called a shrubland. The word bush can also refer to a type of plant community, as in the Australian bush.
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A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. A large number of plants can be either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience. Small, low shrubs such as lavender, periwinkle and thyme are often termed subshrubs. A natural plant community dominated by shrubs is called a shrubland. The word bush can also refer to a type of plant community, as in the Australian bush. This is often characterised by scrubby, open woodland and is a generic term for Eucalyptus dominated woodland in particular. An area of cultivated shrubs in a park or garden is known as a shrubbery. When clipped as topiary, shrubs generally have dense foliage and many small leafy branches growing close together. Many shrubs respond well to renewal pruning, in which hard cutting back to a 'stool' results in long new stems known as "canes". Other shrubs respond better to selective pruning to reveal their structure and character. Shrubs in common garden practice are generally broad-leaved plants, though some smaller conifers such as Mountain Pine and Common Juniper are also shrubby in structure. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. List of ShrubsThose marked * can also develop into tree form.
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- Abelia is a genus [i] of about 15-30 species [i] and many hybrid [i]s in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae [i] ...
- Actinidia is a genus of woody plant [i]s native to temperate eastern Asia [i], occurring throughout ...
- Aloe, also written Alo, is a genus [i] containing about four hundred species [i] of flowering [i] ...
- Aralia is a genus [i] of the plant [i] family [i] Araliaceae [i], consisting of about 40 spec ...
* - Arctostaphylos, the manzanitas and bearberries, are shrub [i]s or small tree [i] ...
* - Aronia
- Artemisia
- Aucuba is a genus [i] of three to ten species of flowering plant [i]s, now placed in the family Garryaceae [i]...
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- Berberis is a genus [i] of about 450-500 species of deciduous [i] and evergreen [i] shrub [i]s from ...
- Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plant [i]s native to the tropical and subtropical regions of South America [i] ...
- Brugmansia is a genus of six species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Solanaceae [i], native to ...
- Buddleja, also often spelled Buddleia, is a genus [i] of flowering plant [i]s. ...
- Buxus
Buxus is a genus [i] of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae [i]. ...
*
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- Calia
- Callicarpa *
- Callistemon *
- Calluna is the sole species in the genus [i] Calluna in the family Ericaceae [i]. ...
- Calycanthus is a genus of flowering plant [i]s in the family Calycanthaceae [i], endemic [i] ...
- Camellia is a genus [i] of flowering plant [i]s in the family Theaceae [i], native to eastern and so ...
* - Caragana is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Fabaceae [i], native t ...
* - Carpenteria, the sole species in the genus Carpenteria, is an evergreen [i] shrub [i]...
- Caryopteris
- Cassiope is a genus [i] of 9-12 small shrub [i]by species [i] in the family Ericaceae [i]. ...
- Ceanothus L. [i] is a genus [i] of about 5060 species of shrub [i]s or small tree [i] ...
* - Celastrus, comprise about 30 species o...
* - Ceratostigma
- Cercocarpus *
- Chaenomeles is a genus [i] of three species of deciduous [i] spiny shrub [i]s, usually 13 m tal ...
- Chamaebatiaria
- Chamaedaphne
- Chimonanthus
- Chionanthus is a genus [i] of about 80 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family [i] Oleaceae [i]...
* - Choisya is a small genus of aromatic evergreen [i] shrub [i]s in the family Rutaceae [i], native to...
* - Cistus is a genus of flowering plant [i]s in the rockrose family [i] Cistaceae [i], containin ...
- Clerodendrum
- Clethra is a genus [i] of between 30-70 species [i] of flowering shrub [i]s or small tree [i]s. ...
* - Clianthus
- Colletia
- Colutea is a genus [i] of about 25 species [i] of deciduous [i] flowering shrubs [i] from 2-5 m tall ...
- Comptonia is a genus of a single species, Comptonia peregrina, in the family [[Myricaceae]...
- Cornus *
- Corylopsis *
- Cotinus *
- Cotoneaster *
- Cowania is a small genus of 5-8 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Rosaceae [i], native t ...
- Crataegus is a large genus of in the family Rosaceae [i], native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere [i]...
* - Crinodendron *
- Cytisus and allied genera *
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- Daboecia is a small genus [i] in the family Ericaceae [i], containing two shrub [i]by species, close ...
- Danae
- Daphne
- - statue by Gian Lorenzo Bernini [i]
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- Decaisnea
- Dasiphora is a genus [i] of about 8-9 species of small shrub [i]s in the rose family Rosaceae [i], n ...
- Dendromecon, the tree poppy, is a genus of one or two species of shrub [i]s to small tree [i]s, nati ...
- Desfontainea
- Deutzia is a genus [i] of about 60 species of shrub [i]s in the family Hydrangeaceae [i], native to ...
- Diervilla
- Dipelta
- Dirca is a genus of three species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Thymelaeaceae [i], native to ...
- Drimys *
- Dryas
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- Elaeagnus is a genus of about 50-70 species of flowering plant [i]s in the Elaeagnaceae [i]. ...
* - Embothrium is a genus [i] of two to eight species in the plant family Proteaceae [i], native to sout ...
* - Empetrum
- Enkianthus
- Ephedra
- Epigaea is a genus of three species of flowering plant [i]s in the Ericaceae [i]. ...
- Erica is a genus [i] of over 700 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Ericaceae [i]; the En ...
- Eriobotrya is a genus of about ten species of large evergreen [i] shrub [i]s and small tree [i]s in...
* - Escallonia
- Eucryphia is a small genus of tree [i]s or large shrub [i]s of the Antarctic flora [i], native to th ...
* - Euonymus *
- Exochorda
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- Fabiana
- Fallugia
- Fatsia is a small genus of three species of evergreen [i] shrub [i]s native to southern Japan [i] an ...
- Forsythia
- Fothergilla is a genus [i] of two or three species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Hamamelidaceae [i] ...
- Franklinia *
- Fremontodendron
- Fuchsia is a genus [i] of flowering plant [i]s, mostly shrub [i]s, which were identified by Charles Plumier [i]...
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- Garrya *
- Gaultheria is a genus of about 170-180 species of shrub [i]s in the family Ericaceae [i]. ...
- Gaylussacia is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Ericaceae [i], nati ...
- Genista *
- Gordonia is a genus [i] of flowering plant [i]s in the family Theaceae [i], related to Franklinia [i] ...
* - Grevillea is a diverse genus [i] of about 250 species of evergreen [i] flowering plant [i]s in the p ...
- Griselinia is a genus of seven species of shrub [i]s and tree [i]s, with a highly disjunct distribut ...
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- Hakea *
- Halesia is a small genus [i] of four or five species of deciduous [i] large shrub [i]s or small tree [i] ...
* - Halimium is a genus [i] of 12 species of evergreen [i] or semi-evergreen subshrub [i]s in the family ...
- Hamamelis *
- Hebe
- Hedera is a genus of about ten species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen [i] woody plants in ...
- Helianthemum is a genus [i] of about 110 species of evergreen [i] or semi-evergreen subshrub [i]s. ...
- Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plant [i]s in th ...
* - Hippophae *
- Hoheria *
- Holodiscus is a genus of flowering plant [i]s in the family Rosaceae [i], native to the Americas [i] ...
- Hudsonia
- Hydrangea is a genus of about 70-75 species of flowering plant [i]s native to southern and eastern Asia [i] ...
- Hypericum is a genus [i] of about 400 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family [i] Clusiaceae [i] ...
- Hyssopus
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- Ilex *
- Illicium is a genus [i] of flowering plant [i]s containing 42 species [i] of evergreen shrub [i]s an ...
* - Indigofera is a large genus of about 700 species of flowering plant [i]s belonging to the family Fabaceae [i] ...
- Itea
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- Kalmia is a genus [i] of about 7 species [i] of evergreen [i] shrub [i]s from 0.2-5 m tall, in the f ...
- Kerria, the sole species in the genus Kerria, is a deciduous [i] shrub [i] in the ...
- Kolkwitzia
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- Lagerstroemia *
- Lapageria
- Lavandula
- Lavatera is a genus [i] of about 25 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Malvaceae [i], nat...
- Ledum is a genus [i] name formerly widely recognised in the family [i] Ericaceae [i], includi ...
- Leitneria *
- Lespedeza is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plant [i]s in the pea family Fabaceae [i], com ...
* - Leptospermum is a genus of about 80-86 species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae [i]. ...
* - Leucothoe
- Leycesteria is a genus [i] of flowering plant [i]s in the honeysuckle [i] family Caprifoliaceae [i] ...
- Ligustrum *
- Lindera is a genus of about 80-100 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Lauraceae [i], most ...
* - Linnaea
- Lonicera
- Lupinus
- Lycium
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- Magnolia is a large genus [i] of about 210 flowering plant [i] species [i] in the subfamily Magnolioideae [i] ...
- Mahonia is a genus of about 70 species of evergreen [i] shrub [i]s in the family Berberidaceae [i], ...
- Malpighia is a genus of about 45 species of shrub [i]s or small tree [i]s in the family Malpighiaceae [i] ...
- Menispermum
- Menziesia
- Mespilus *
- Microcachrys
- Myrica is a genus of about 35-50 species of small tree [i]s and shrub [i]s in the family Myricaceae, ...
* - Myricaria
- Myrtus and allied genera *
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- Pachysandra is a genus of four or five species of evergreen [i] shrub [i]s or subshrub [i]s, belongi ...
- Paeonia
- Perovskia is a genus [i] in the Lamiaceae [i] or mint family, closely related to the genus Salvia [i] ...
- Philadelphus *
- Phlomis is a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous [i] plants, subshrub [i]s and shrub [i]s in th ...
- Photinia is a genus of about 40-60 species of small tree [i]s and large shrub [i]s in the Rosaceae [i]...
* - Physocarpus is a genus of about ten species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Rosaceae [i], nati ...
* - Pieris
- Pistacia is a genus of ten species in the family Anacardiaceae [i], native to the Canary Islands [i] ...
* - Pittosporum is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Pittosporaceae [i] ...
* - Plumbago is a genus of 10-20 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Plumbaginaceae [i], nativ ...
- Polygala is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plant [i]s belonging to the family Polygalaceae [i]...
- Poncirus *
- Prunus is a genus [i] of tree [i]s and shrub [i]s, including the plum [i]s, cherries [i] ...
* - Purshia is a small genus of 5-8 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Rosaceae [i], native t ...
- Pyracantha
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- Quassia is a genus [i] in the family Simaroubaceae [i]. ...
* - Quercus *
- Quillaja
- Quintinia *
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- Rhamnus *
- Rhododendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae [i]....
* - Rhus is a genus [i] of approximately 250 species of woody shrub [i]s and small tree [i]s in the fami ...
* - Ribes is a genus [i] of about 150 species of flowering plants [i], usually treated as the only genus ...
- Romneya
- Rosa
- Rosmarinus is a small genus of woody, perennial [i] herb [i] with fragrant evergreen ...
- Rubus is a genus [i] of plant [i] in the Family Rosaceae [i], Subfamily Rosoideae [i]. ...
- Ruta
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- Sabia *
- Salix, part of the willow ...
* - Salvia is a genus [i] in the mint family, Lamiaceae [i]. ...
- Sambucus *
- Santolina is a genus [i] of flowering plants [i] in the family [i] Asteraceae [i], native to ...
- Sapindus is a genus of about five to twelve species of shrub [i]s and small tree [i]s in the Sapindaceae [i] ...
* - Senecio is a genus [i] of the daisy family includes ragwort [i]s and groundsels. ...
- Simmondsia
- Skimmia is a genus of four species of evergreen [i] shrub [i]s and small tree [i]s in the Rue family ...
- Smilax is a genus of about 200 species of climbing flowering plant [i]s, many of which are woody and ...
- Sophora is a genus [i] of about 45 species of small tree [i]s and shrub [i]s in the subfamily Faboideae [i] ...
* - Sorbaria
- Spartium
- Spiraea is a genus of about 80-100 species of shrub [i]s in the Rosaceae [i], subfamily Spiraeoideae [i] ...
* - Staphylea is a small genus of 10 or 11 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Staphyleaceae [i] ...
* - Stephanandra
- Styrax is a genus [i] of about 100 species of large shrub [i]s or small tree [i]s in the family Styracaceae [i] ...
* - Symphoricarpos is a small genus of about 15 species of deciduous [i] shrub [i]s in the family Caprifoliaceae [i] ...
- Syringa *
;T
- Tamarix comprises about 50-60 species of flowering plant [i]s in the family Tamaricaceae [i] ...
* - Taxus is a genus [i] of yew [i]s, small coniferous [i] tree [i]s or shrub [i]s in the yew ...
* - Telopea *
- Thymelaea is a genus of about 30 species [i] of evergreen [i] shrub [i]s and herb [i]s in the flowering plant [i] ...
- Thymus
- Trochodendron is a flowering plant [i], the sole species in the genus Trochodendron' ...
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;U
- Ulex
- Ungnadia is a shrub [i] or small tree [i] native to northeastern Mexico [i] ...
;V
- Vaccinium is a genus [i] of shrub [i]s in the plant Family Ericaceae [i] including the cranberry [i] ...
- Verbena is a genus of about 250 species of annual [i] and perennial [i] herbaceous [i]...
- Viburnum *
- Vinca is a genus of five species of in the family Apocynaceae [i], native to Europe [i], northwest Africa [i] ...
- Viscum is a genus of about 70-100 species of mistletoe [i]s, native to temperate and tropical region ...
;W
- Weigela is a small genus of about 10 species of deciduous [i] shrub [i]s in the family Caprifoliaceae [i] ...
;X
- Xanthoceras
- Xanthorhiza, and one of very few genera in the ...
- Xylosma is a genus [i] of between 85-100 species of evergreen [i] shrub [i]s and tree [i]s in the fa ...
;Y
- Yucca of 40-50 species of perennial [i]s, shrub [i]...
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;Z
- Zanthoxylum is a genus [i] of about 250 species of deciduous [i] and evergreen [i] trees [i] and shrubs [i] ...
* - Zauschneria
- Zenobia
- Ziziphus is a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrub [i]s and small tree [i]s in the buckthorn fam ...
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