Dendrology tree growth worksheet answers

How do you describe the growth of a tree?
The buds, root tips, and cambium layer are the three growing parts of the tree.
Buds elongate the branches and widen the crown (branches and leaves), the cambium layer adds diameter to the tree, and the root tips grow in length to support the growth of the tree..
What are the factors affecting tree and stand growth?
The growth potential of a tree is determined genetically, but actual growth is determined largely by the environment.
Numerous environmental factors affect growth; of these, water, nutrients, and light intensity are most easily manipulated..
What are the stages of tree growth?
As with all living things, trees have a life cycle – from conception (seed), to birth (sprout), to infancy (seedling), to juvenile (sapling), to adult (mature), to elderly (decline), and finally to death (snag/rotting log)..
The tree starts its life as a small seedling which grows by increase in length and diameter of its shoot and root.
As the shoot grows upwards, it develops branches and foliage.
The root grows downward and develops lateral roots and its branches.

How do you describe the growth of a tree?