Nursery Landscape Sr Area 2023-2024

Grasses are examples of ___ plants which have only one seed leaf.

• monocot
• dicot
• evergreen
• noxious

In the plant name Cornus florida:

• Cornus is the genus and florida is the species
• Cornus is the family and florida is the genus
• Cornus is the genus and florida is the variety
• Cornus is the species and florida is the genus

___ buds are found in the leaf axil, the space between where a leaf and stem intersect.

• lateral
• horizontal
• systemic
• terminal

___ is necessary for a plant to carry out photosynthesis

• carbon dioxide
• carbon monoxide
• nitrogen
• phosphorus

Soil pH influences plant growth by indirectly affecting the availability of ___ to the plant roots.

• nutrients
• air
• light
• water

___ is the movement of nutrients out of the soil into the groundwater.

• leaching
• drainage
• fertigation
• zone of growth

___ cuts promote invigorated growth and the emergence of strong lateral branches.

• heading
• bench
• jump
• thinning

To increase the success rate of propagation of woody plants by cuttings, a ___ is often used.

• rooting hormone
• fertilizer
• pesticide
• plant growth regulator

The major tissue in plants through which water is translocated is the

• xylem
• cambium
• phloem
• pith

The numbers listed on the front of a bag of fertilizer (ex. 10-10-10) are known as the fertilizer

• analysis
• count
• intensity
• reference