What I know About Conifers

What was your favorite Horticulture topic or activity this semester?

What was the saying we used to remember the difference between a spruce and a fir tree?

Answer explanation

Spiky spruce friendy fir

_______________ is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season.

• Evergreen
• Pine Tree
• Aspen Tree
• Deciduous

The adult leaves of a conifer are known as "needles".

• true
• false

A small group or bunch of something. In this case, a bunch of needles.

• bundle
• friends
• cluster
• cone

__________ is really a cluster of highly modified woody scales tightly packed together to protect the developing conifer seeds inside.

• brackets
• cone
• cluster
• scales

_________ is used to describe the attachment of sepals, petals, leaves, or branches at a single point.

• whorls
• alternate
• spiky
• opposite

What is a cross-section?

• a cluster of something

• a section formed when you cut through something

• a church

• an object sticking out of the ground

Describe the trunk of a spruce tree.

• white and scaly

• gray and smooth

• light brown to dark brown and scaly

• medium brown and smooth

Describe how to tell the difference between a Ponderosa Pine and a White Bark Pine.

• 2 needles versus 5 needles

• 3 needles versus 5 needles

• smooth bark versus rough bark

• tall versus short