What is Bud?
[[File:FallPando02.jpg|thumb|250px|Pando aspen grove at [[Fishlake National Forest]]]] A '''bud''' usually occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a [[stem]]. They are one way [[plants]] can [[Asexual reproduction|reproduce asexually]]. They connect with [[phloem]] and [[xylem]] to get nourishment. Some plants normally develop adventitious buds on their [[roots]]. The buds can grow quite a distance from the plant. Shoots that develop from adventitious buds on roots are termed '''suckers'''. They occur in many [[grasses]], [[quaking aspen]] and [[Cirsium arvense|creeping thistle]]. A famous quaking aspen known as the [[Pando (tree)|Pando]] grew from one trunk to 47,000 trunks by adventitious bud formation on a single root system. [[Category:Plant physiology]] [[Category:Plant tissues]]