Backyard Biologist: Horticulture

What is the state flower?

• Carolina Lily
• Flowering Dogwood
• Rose
• Tulip

What is our state red berry?

• Blueberry
• Strawberry
• Cherry
• Raspberry

NC state tree is the 

• oak
• pine
• maple
• dogwood

NC state flower is the ____. 

• rose
• pine cone
• dogwood 
• honeysuckle

State Fruit

• Oranges
• Pineapples
• Pink Lady Apples
• Scuppernong Grapes

State Insect

• Bumblebee
• Honeybee
• Gray Squirrel
• Opossum 

As part of regular biological processes, a deciduous tree:

• dies each year in the winter.

• keeps its functional leaves in the dormant season.

• drops its functional leaves in the dormant season.

• remains green all year.

In North Carolina, a tree that has no leaves in the winter is:

• deciduous

• evergreen

• herbaceous

• turgid

Because trees live many years, they are:

• annuals

• biennials

• perennials

• semiannuals

The terms annual, biennial, and perennial describe plant:

• leaf loss

• life cycle

• production practices

• leaf type