# Crown

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/crown
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

the part of a [tree](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/tree "a woody plant usually with a single stem (trunk) exceeding 8m in height.") or [shrub](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/shrub "a woody plant less than 8 metres high and usually with many stems. Here, tall shrub is used to indicate a height of 2-8m; small shrub ca. 1-2m; and dwarf shrub less than 1m.") above the first branching.