Dendrology the study of ___

Dendrology, also called forest dendrology or xylology, study of the characteristics of trees, shrubs, lianas, and other woody plants. Dendrology is generally considered to be a branch of systematic botany or forestry and is primarily concerned with the taxonomy of woody species. Historically, dendrology also encompassed the natural history of the woody species in a given area, but such studies are now more properly ascribed to...

Dendrology (Ancient Greek: δένδρον, dendron, "tree"; and Ancient Greek: -λογία, -logia, science of or study of) or xylology (Ancient Greek: ξύλον, ksulon, "wood") is the science and study of woody plants (trees, shrubs, and lianas), specifically, their taxonomic classifications.

Dendrology actually means "the study of trees." In common usage it has come to mean the taxonomy of woody plants (Harlow and others 1979), which is the systematic classification, naming, and identification of trees based on natural attributes and relationships.