Understanding the use, role, and characteristics of trees and plants in the eyes of humans is one of the important topics of ethnobotany studies. In this research, this issue has been addressed by examining Iranian legends in order to open a window towards popular culture and literature from this perspective. With this aim, based on the 8-volume collection of Iranian legends by Mohammad Ghasemzadeh, a descriptive-analytical method was used to examine the various roles that plants and trees had in the narrative of these legends; on the one hand, some general and specific characteristics of plants, including their healing or their power in magic, were examined, and it was determined that plants and trees could sometimes act as helpers of the hero of the story and play an important role in the hero's journey. Trees could fly and change shape. It was also determined that plants and trees, with their magical properties, are the agents of incarnation, awareness, speed increase, crossing the sea, and even raising the dead.

Understanding the use, role, and characteristics of trees and plants in the eyes of humans is one of the important topics of ethnobotany studies. In this research, this issue has been addressed by examining Iranian legends in order to open a window towards popular culture and literature from this perspective. With this aim, based on the 8-volume collection of Iranian legends by Mohammad Ghasemzadeh, a descriptive-analytical method was used to examine the various roles that plants and trees had in the narrative of these legends;