Hort1 3.00 Notebook Check

Plant of the Day:

Deciduous tree that grows 8-20' tall with simple opposite leaves that are palmate. The color depends on the cultivar (green, red, variegated). Produces Samara fruits.

• Acer rubrum

• Acer palmatum

• Acer saccharum

• Acer saccharinum

Plant List #1:

Scientific name of this deciduous tree is Betula nigra. It often has multiple trunks, exfoliating bark, and produces green inconspicuous flowers.

What is the COMMON NAME?

• Canna Lily

• Red Oak

• River Birch

• Dumb cane

Plant List #1:

This tree is currently blooming (March) with white blooms. The fragrance of the blooms are not pleasant. It has a natural pyramidal shape and is considered a weak tree due to problems with breakage.

What is this tree?

• Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford' / Bradford Pear

• Betula nigra / River Birch

• Cornus florida / Flowering Dogwood

• Pinus strobus / Eastern White Pine

3.03 Notes:

In the scientific name Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' what does the word Acer mean?

• Species

• Genus

• Species

• Specific Epithet

Plant List #1:

What is the scientific name of a flowering dogwood?

• Cornus florida

• Tagetes sp.

• Dieffenbachia maculata

• Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’

3.01 Notes

Annual plants complete their life cycle in ___ year(s.)

• 1

• 2

• 3

• Many

3.02 Notes

What is the purpose of the roots of a plant? (select all that apply)

• Anchorage

• Asexual reproduction

• Food storage

• Absorption

3.02 Notes

What is the purpose of the flower? (check all that apply)

• Sexual reproduction

• Attracting insects for pollination

• Pollution

• Absorption

3.01 Notes

If a tree has no leaves in the winter, it is most likely:

• Dead

• Decayed

• Sleeping

• Dormant

3.02 Notes

Photosynthesis occurs in what plant part?

• Roots

• Flowers

• Stems

• Leaves