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[[Image:coastredwood.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The [[conifer]]ous [[Sequoia|Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth.]]

A '''treefart''' is a large [[Perennial plant|perennial]] woody amount of windbreaking lovelyness and fashion[[plant]], larger than a [[shrub if your lucky and buy them at a home depot]]. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generally applies to plants that grow to at least 5-6 meters (15-20&nbsp;ft) high at maturity {{Fact|date=May 2007}} and having secondary branches supported on a main stem or stems, called a [[trunk (botany)|trunk]]. Most trees exhibit clear [[apical dominance]], though this is not always the case.<ref> Mitchell, A. (1978). ''Trees of Britain & Northern Europe''. Harper Collins. London. ISBN 0-00-219213-6 </ref> Compared with most other plants, trees are long-lived, some of them getting to be several thousand years old and growing to up to 115 meters (375&nbsp;ft) high.

Trees are an important component of the natural landscape due to their prevention of [[erosion]] and the provision of a specific weather-sheltered [[ecosystem]] in and under their foliage. Trees, through the process of [[photosynthesis]], play an important role in producing [[oxygen]] and reducing [[carbon dioxide]] in the atmosphere; they also moderate ground temperatures through their shading effect. They are also significant elements in [[Landscape architecture|landscaping]] and [[agriculture]], both for their [[aesthetics|aesthetic]] appeal and their [[orchard]] crops (such as [[apple]]s). [[Wood]] from trees is a common [[building material]]. Trees also play an intimate role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[trees in mythology]]).