Grafting
A method of plant propagation widely used in horticulture, where the tissues of one woody plant (tree, shrub) are affixed to those of another.
Most commonly, the shoot of a selected, desired plant cultivar is grafted on the roots of a seedling-grown plant, in order to reproduce the exact characters of the desired plant.
Grafting can only be done between reasonably closely related plants. Most often the limits of success are with other species in the same genus, though in some cases plants in different but closely related genera can graft successfully (e.g. Larch will graft on Douglas-fir), and in other cases, not, even between some species in the same genus (e.g., Norway maple will not graft on Sugar maple).
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