North Carolina Landscape Contractors Midterm Exam Solved Correctly.
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NC Contractor
Acre - Answer A land area containing 43,560 square feet and measuring approximately 210 x 210 feet square
Adventitious Root or Shoot - Answer They are produced on stems or roots after removal from the mother plant
Anther - Answer the upper part of a stamen that produces pollen
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North Carolina Landscape Contractors
Midterm Exam Solved Correctly.
Acre - Answer A land area containing 43,560 square feet and measuring approximately 210 x 210 feet
square
Adventitious Root or Shoot - Answer They are produced on stems or roots after removal from the
mother plant
Anther - Answer the upper part of a stamen that produces pollen
asexual - Answer without sex; refers to the reproduction or propagation not involving the fusion of
gametes
biennial - Answer A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
Binomial - Answer a system of naming plants using 2 names: First name is the genus and the second is
the species
Branch Bark Ridge - Answer A layer of Mustache-like bark located on the upper side of a branch, in the
branch union
Branch Collar - Answer The wood at the branch base that turns abruptly downward to wrap around
trunk wood where a branch with a small aspect ratio joins with a larger parent stem
Bud - Answer An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves (leaf bud), one or more flowers or both
leaves and flowers
Bulb - Answer A bud consisting of a short, thick stem emitting roots from below and bearing
overlapping, scale like leafs
, Caliper - Answer diameter of a tree 4" or less measured 6" above the ground
Greater than 4" is measured 12" above the ground
Cambium - Answer layer of actively dividing cells between xylem and phloem tissues that is responsible
for the secondary growth of stems and roots
Carbohydrate - Answer Any group of chemical compounds, including sugars and starches, containing
carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
Chlorophyll - Answer Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out
photosynthesis
Chlorosis - Answer A yellowing of the leaf. Frequently caused by lack of iron
Clone - Answer A group of plants derived from a single individual by asexual plants
Clump - Answer The plant crown or roots that are easily divided or moved
Cluster - Answer Group of flowers or leaves on a single stem
Codominant Stem or Branch - Answer A stem or branch growing at about the same rate or nearly the
same diameter as another stem or branch which originates from the same union, and does not have the
same structure as a true branch
Common Name - Answer The plant name used by the general public
Conifer - Answer a cone-bearing tree
Corm - Answer A round, thick underground stem. A corm is unlike a true bulb in that the food is stored
in its stem rather than in its scales
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