plants (PO:whole plant) that have secondary growth (GO:secondary growth) and have a shoot system (PO:shoot system) typically carried by several stems (PO:stem), i.e. show a sympodial branching mode (TOP:sympodial stem)

whole plant shrub

http://top-thesaurus.org/trait#Thesaurustrait

Shrub

trait:TOP138

Shrub

unitless (category)

Pérez-Harguindeguy N., Díaz S., Garnier E., Lavorel S., Poorter H., Jaureguiberry P., Bret-Harte M. S., Cornwell W. K., Craine J. M., Gurvich D. E., Urcelay C., Veneklaas E. J., Reich P. B., Poorter L., Wright I. J., Ray P., Enrico L., Pausas J. G., de Vos A. C., Buchmann N., Funes G., Quétier F., Hodgson J. G., Thompson K., Morgan H. D., ter Steege H., van der Heijden M. G. A., Sack L., Blonder B., Poschlod P., Vaieretti M. V., Conti G., Staver A. C., Aquino S., Cornelissen J. H. C. (2013) New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Australian Journal of Botany 61, 167_234 (adapted)

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0080117

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0000003

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009006

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009047

stable

http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing