I grow on plants and trees, cherry being the most famous one of all. I'm also a word for when a wallflower grows into their full potential.

Where forests stand proud and tall, I answer with a crashing fall. Each swing resounds with a thunderous crack. Who am I with an axe on my back?

As it, describes the high. With air, it complies. A running ascension. Less a brace, it denies. If it’s first was a ‘T’: It’s how to keep the line. If your grip has a slip, You can kiss it goodbye.

Surprisingly there are people who still don't understand the idiom of you can't see the riddle answer for the trees

I am larger, fatter and less slimey than my cousin who sits on a lily pad. In video games I'm not an animal but a being with a mushroom hat.