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Horticulture 3.03 Plants

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the scientific name for a Flowering Dogwood?

a)

Acer rubrum

b)

Cornus florida

c)

Liriope muscari

d)

Targetes erecta

2.

On each side of a school parking lot, Glenn observed medium-size deciduous trees that have white flowers in spring and reddish purple leaves in autumn. They grow in a symmetrical shape with little or no pruning. These trees are:

a)

border forsythias.

b)

bradford pears.

c)

dwarf burford hollies.

d)

Japanese aucubas.

3.

Wayne has a large deciduous shrub with many bright yellow flowers in very early spring. It is a:

a)

Border forsythia.

b)

Mungo pine.

c)

Parlor ivy.

d)

Shasta daisy.

4.

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?

a)

Japanese barberry

b)

Red maple

c)

River birch

d)

Sweet gum

5.

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

a)

dumb cane.

b)

Japanese barberry.

c)

Norfolk Island pine.

d)

winged euonymus.

6.

Dwarf yaupon, helleri holly, and dwarf burford holly are all in the genus called:

a)

Ficus

b)

Ilex

c)

Juniperus

d)

Prunus

7.

What is the common name for Elisha’s large evergreen tree with clusters that each contain 5 needle-like leaves about four inches long?

a)

Azalea

b)

Eastern redbud

c)

Eastern white pine

d)

Red maple

8.

A small, deciduous, specimen, flowering tree that is usually crooked and has white flowers that are really bracts with a brownish color on the tip of each bract is a:

a)

Catawba rhododendron.

b)

flowering dogwood.

c)

Leyland cypress.

d)

pin oak.

9.

April has some indoor Christmas-season plants with bracts or modified leaves that are red, pink, or white on different plants. What is the name of these plants?

a)

Florist chrysanthemum

b)

Geranium

c)

Poinsettia

d)

Spider plant

10.

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

a)

French

b)

Latin

c)

Russian

d)

Spanish

11.

The scientific name for an azalea is:

a)

Cornus florida.

b)

Ficus benjamina.

c)

Rhododendron kiusianum.

d)

Saintpaulia ionantha.

12.

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:

a)

boston fern.

b)

glossy abelia.

c)

shasta daisy.

d)

wax begonia.

13.

Timothy found an indoor plant for his mother. If the scientific name is Ficus benjamina, what plant is it?

a)

English ivy

b)

Impatiens

c)

Peace lily

d)

Weeping fig

14.

Jan saw a tree with the scientific name Acer palmatum. What is the plant's common name?

a)

Eastern white pine

b)

Flowering dogwood

c)

Japanese maple

d)

Pin oak

15.

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?

a)

Crepe myrtle

b)

Evergreen euonymus

c)

Prayer plant

d)

Red maple

16.

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:

a)

ajuga.

b)

eastern redbud.

c)

eastern white pine.

d)

English ivy.

17.

Lindsey has some plants at her florist shop that she bought wholesale to sell at Christmas. Most of the bracts are dark red, but she also has some pink and some white ones. The plants are:

a)

boston ferns.

b)

fosteria hollies.

c)

poinsettias.

d)

spider plants.

18.

In a scientific name, cv. means:

a)

center vein.

b)

color variegated.

c)

century five.

d)

cultivar.

19.

What is the name of a large evergreen tree that has four- to eight-inch brown curving cones and needle-like leaves four inches long with five needles per cluster?

a)

Eastern redbud

b)

Eastern white pine

c)

Evergreen euonymus

d)

Fosteria holly

20.

An indoor flowering plant grown for hanging baskets and pots that has red, white, or pink flowers and green leaves with long petioles, and is popular for Mother’s Day is a:

a)

Boston fern.

b)

Catawba rhododendron.

c)

geranium.

d)

Japanese flowering cherry.

21.

Hugo saw this large, shade-loving evergreen growing in the edge of forests on his last trip to the mountains. If the shrub has dark green leaves that are five inches long and two inches wide and has many large flowers, it is most likely a:

a)

Catawba rhododendron.

b)

Leyland cypress.

c)

mungo pine.

d)

winged euonymus.

22.

Gene has an interior plant in his office. The plant is about 4 feet tall and looks similar to a little pine or cedar tree with dark green leaves. It is a/an:

a)

eastern white pine.

b)

evergreen euonymus.

c)

Norfolk Island pine.

d)

weeping fig.

23.

The first word in the scientific name of a plant is the:

a)

cultivar

b)

genus

c)

species

d)

variety

24.

In the local library's lawn grows a large deciduous tree about fifty feet tall with leaves that have five to seven lobes and three or four bristle tips on each lobe that turn brilliant red in the autumn. The tree also has acorns. This tree is a:

a)

pin oak

b)

red maple

c)

river birch

d)

weeping fig

25.

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:

a)

crape myrtle

b)

eastern white pine

c)

flowering dogwood

d)

red maple

26.

In the scientific name Ficus elastica "Decora" which is a Decora Rubber Plant, the word "Decora" is the:

a)

genus

b)

kingdom

c)

species

d)

variety