### plant | tracheophyte | tree:

Old tree
* Every old tree carries hundreds of such hidden buds.
* Most old trees have bark.
* Some old trees produce nectar
  - reach feet
  - survive fire
* are less vigorous, so they are likely targets for insect attack
  - located in countrysides
  - more susceptible to defoliation and they die first
  - often hollow and form important nest cavities and dens
* die, fall to the ground, and decay.
* grow tall, with long trunks free of low branches.
  - more heartwood in relation to sapwood than do younger trees
  - thicker bark and are at least moderately resistant to fire
* rot and die to make way for healthy new growth.

### plant | tracheophyte | tree:

Older tree
* appear as having corky ridges glued on a smooth bark.
* are also more susceptible to disease and insects
  - home to woodpeckers, owls, hawks, squirrels and other animals
* are more difficult to train, as bending mature branches can take one to three years
  - likely to die than younger ones
  - problems in hurricanes
* develop a darker, deeply furrowed bark
  - dome-like crown
  - widespreading and moderately deep root system
  - dead unsightly branches that require pruning
  - grayish, furrowed bark
  - yellowed leaves
* grow and bear well in grass and sod
  - more slowly than younger trees
* have a distinct yellow or orange color
  - gnarled branching structure and trunk
  - weeping appearance and have few, or no, prickles
  - bark that has pieces that are small and rectangular
  - grayish-black bark with thin, irregular, scaly plates
  - heavy, horizontal limbs
  - low, drooping branches with ascending tips
  - orange-colored bark in the crown
  - quite thick bark, making girdling difficult
  - silvery-gray bark resembling that of spruce trees
  - single trunks with brown bark
  - the advantage of producing more cones then the younger ones
* show decline and dieback rather than death
  - their maturity in their craggy branches held high above the ground
* tend to bear alternately
  - have gray-brown bark furrowed into long, irregular plates
  - set more parthenocarpic fruit than younger ones

### plant | tracheophyte | tree:

Palm tree
* Most palm trees grow in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world
  - have growth
  - provide shelter
* Some palm trees grow along shorelines.
* add color with their green fronds.
* are a botanical family of perennial lianas , shrubs , and trees
  - also a source of cooking oil, and palm tree sap is used to make palm wine
  - difficult to hide
  - hard to cut
  - palms
* bend with the trade winds.
* can present a severe fire hazard.
* eat golf balls.
* grow easily here, as do most South African plants.
* grow in places that have a warm climate and a lot of sunshine
  - the oases
  - on Mars
* have dates
  - many uses
  - separate male and female flowers
* occur, but tend to suffer and die in the occasional very hard winter.
* provide housing materials and fruit
* require specially formulated fertilizers that answer to very specific conditions
  - the same type of climate as turtles and crocodiles
* sway, as do the leaves.
* use water to disperse their coconuts.
+ Florida, Weather
  * Florida is the Sunshine State. The reason for this nickname is its warm temperature. Its average temperature is much warmer than many of the other states, but during winter, temperatures  occasionally fall below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. In Florida there are many palm trees. Palm trees grow in places that have a warm climate and a lot of sunshine. Florida has both a rainy season and a dry season. Southern Florida does not have four separate seasons.
+ Seed dispersal, Mechanical dispersal, Water dispersal: Plants