Plant Physiology
The functions of a plant which affects the structure, growth and longevity?
Plant Physiology
What type of root systems do grasses have?
Fibrous
What are 3 of 6 driving forces in a plant community development?
Climate, Soils, Topography, Fire, Available organism, Management.
Minerals are most available to plants in soils with pH values between____and____
6 and 8
Structure and Arrangement of plant parts
Plant Morphology
What is the formula for photosynthesis?
6CO2+6H2O+Energy=C6H12O6+6O2
The distinctive kind of rangeland that differs from other kinds of rangeland in its ability to produce a characteristic plant community is called?
Ecological site
What is the most important single factor that determines the type and productivity of vegetation in an area.
Precipitation
What is a simple carbohydrate that is a product of photosynthesis?
Sugar or Starch
What are the three stages of grass tillers?
Vegetative, Elongated, Reproductive
The shift to another stable state (grassland to woodland) is considered____on a practical time scale
Irreversible
North and East facing slopes tend to support____season grasses.
Cool
What type of photosynthetic pathway do plants in temperate origins have?
C3 pathway
When managing defoliation, managers have control over what factors?
Time, residual leaf area
What are the three criteria used to separate one ecological site from another
species list, species composition, yield
What are 4 of the 8 controlling factors that influence vegetation type.
Climate, Topography, Soils, Fire, Available organisms, Management, Microenvironment, Soil surface condition.
Plant Morphology refers to affects yield, quality and___of forage plants.
Strength
Where is the Intercalary meristem located on monocots?
Base of nodes and leaf blades
Range Management has been based on what type of model?
Plant succession model
What are 4 of the 6 climate type of the U.S.A?
Eastern, Florida, Plains, Southwest, Pacific, Great Basin