Collocations for tree - noun

deciduous, evergreen | coniferous | native | exotic, tropical | ornamental | forest, woodland | big, great, high, huge, large, massive, mighty, tall | low, small, stunted | mature | bare, leafless | shady
We sat beneath a shady tree.

shade
It was a small town of dust lanes and wide shade trees.

hollow | gnarled
a gnarled old apple tree

fruit | apple, peach, pear, etc. | beech, elm, oak, willow, etc. | Christmas

clump, copse, grove | avenue, belt, line

plant | climb | chop down, cut down, fell
Protesters formed a human blockade to stop loggers felling trees.

uproot
The floods left a tide of mud and uprooted trees.

prune

grow | stand
An enormous oak tree stands at the entrance to the school.

line sth
Palm trees line the broad avenue.

sway
Trees swayed gently in the breeze.

be blown down, blow down | produce sth
The tree produces tiny white blossoms.

bark, branch, leaves, root, stump, trunk | tops (also ‘treetops’) | canopy
dappled shafts of light which struggled through the tree canopy

cover
Tree cover would prevent further soil erosion.

felling, planting | species | line (also ‘treeline’)
Above the treeline take a grassy path leading steeply towards the summit.

belt
The tree belt around the fields acts as a windbreak.

growth | rings
The forest can be dated by studying tree rings.

damage
tree damage caused by acid rain

nursery
He bought tools and seeds with the aim of setting up a tree nursery.

surgeon

in a/the ~
a bird in a tree

on a/the ~
fruit on a tree

under a ~
We sat under a tree, in the shade.

up a/the ~
The cat got stuck up a tree.