Hort 1 Unit 3 review

At the local restaurant, Crystal saw a hanging basket with large green leaf-like growth that looked similar to a long vein down the middle. It had many little leaf-like structures called fronds, but it had no flowers or seeds. This plant is a:

• boston fern

• glossy abelia

• shasta daisy

• wax begonia

Sam found a medium-sized deciduous tree that has four trunks or stems with thin sheets of light colored bark peeling off each trunk. What is the common name of this tree?

• Japanese barberry

• Red maple

• River birch

• Sweet gum

What type of trees does Matthew have if they are small deciduous trees that flower all summer and into early fall with a flower color that may be white, pink, red, or purple?

• Crepe myrtle

• Evergreen euonymus

• Prayer plant

• Red maple

If Jody wants to learn more about the words used in scientific classification, he would study:

• French

• Latin

• Russian

• Spanish

An interior plant with large, variegated, green- and cream-colored leaves that are on a thick trunk is a:

• Dumb cane

• Japanese barberry

• Norfolk Island pine

• Winged euonymus

Alphonso's small, deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves, three- to five-inch long brown bean-type pods, and pink-purple colored seasonal flowers is an:

• ajuga

• eastern redbud

• eastern white pine

• english ivy

Neil found a large deciduous tree that has red flowers in early spring before the leaves appeared. In the summer, the leaves are dark green with a gray color under the leaves which have three to five lobes. The bark is light gray. The common name of this tree is:

• Crepe myrtle

• Eastern white pine

• flowering dogwood

• red maple

What type bud is on the side of a stem?

• Apical

• Lateral

• Lentical

• Terminal

The terms annual, biennial, and perennial describe plant:

• Leaf loss

• life cycle

• production practices

• root type

Trees that keep their functional leaves throughout the year are:

• auxins

• deciduous

• evergreen

• inhibitors