Trees are plants.

Trees grow year after year.

Trees have roots to take in minerals and water.

Trees have flowers and leaves.

Trees and shrubs have woody stems.

Did you know that according to a Guinness Book of Records the biggest living thing on earth is a tree? It is a Giant Sequoia named the "General Sherman". It is stands about 84m tall and has a true girth of about 35m at 1.52m above the ground.

The "General Sherman" is in the Sequoia National Park in California.