Arboriculture Woody ornamental plants are key components in a well-designed, useful environment. Vines are climbing or crawling woody plants without self-supporting upright stems. This chapter will cover factors to consider in selecting plants based on desired uses of the plants and environmental factors influencing plant growth, procedures for planting and care of woody plants.
Plants serve many important functions in the landscape.
They clean the air of particulates while they consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Plants buffer and reduce noise pollution, control traffic, and provide security. Plants can provide windbreaks, and if strategically placed can actually be a crash buffer. Plants provide shade and buffer high and low temperatures through transpiration and by blocking solar radiation. Plants can prevent soil erosion, they can frame a view, or screen an eyesore.