Knowra Basal shoot Basal shoot A new plant stem or shoot that grows from the base of an established stem or from the plant’s crown. It can develop into a separate flowering stem or help a plant spread.
Axillary bud : A dormant or growing shoot bud in the angle between a leaf and a stem. Basal shoots can arise from buds near the lower nodes of an established stem.
Shoot (botany) : The aboveground part of a plant, including stems, leaves, buds, and flowers. A basal shoot is a shoot distinguished by emerging at the plant’s base.
Division (horticulture) : A vegetative propagation method that separates a plant into rooted sections for replanting. Basal shoots with roots can be divided from a parent plant to create new plants.
Strawberry : A low-growing perennial plant in the genus Fragaria, cultivated for its edible fruit. Strawberries spread mainly by runners, making them a useful contrast to crown-forming basal shoots.
Crown (botany) : The compact junction of a plant’s roots and shoots, usually at or near the soil surface. In many plants, basal shoots emerge directly from this stem-root junction.
Stem : The plant organ that supports leaves and reproductive structures and transports water and nutrients. Basal shoots are new stems, with the characteristic structure and functions of stems.
Coppicing : A woodland management practice that repeatedly cuts trees near ground level to encourage regrowth from the base. Coppiced trees produce vigorous basal shoots after their main stems are cut.
Bamboo : A group of woody grasses whose stems, called culms, arise from underground rhizomes. New bamboo culms often emerge close to the ground from rhizome buds.
Adventitious bud : A bud that forms somewhere other than the usual positions at a stem tip or leaf axil. Some basal shoots originate from buds formed on older stem tissue or roots.
Plantlet : A small, developing plant that can grow into an independent individual. A basal shoot may become a plantlet when it roots and is separated from its parent.
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