Trees
The State Tree of Texas
What is Pecan Tree?
Flower that has functional stamen and pistil
What is Perfect Flower?
Regular flowers are
What is symmetrical?
Most important criteria used in evaluating hay nutritive value are energy value
What is Protein?
State ranked 1st in growing Cattle/Calves
What is Texas?
Quercus stellata- known for growing acorns
What is Post Oak?
Botanical name Lupinus, comes from the Latin word for wolf. 5 different species grown in Texas
What is Bluebonnet?
Name 3 popular crops grown in small Texas home gardens
What is cabbage, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, onions
Name 2 legumes grown in Texas
What is alfalfa, soybeans, clover?
Name three states that corn is their #1 crop
What is Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, & Minnesota?
Cypress, eucalyptus, and pine are examples of
What is Evergreen?
Believed that _________ were the physical manifestation of the Sun God on Earth.
What is Sunflower?
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
What is Sid Miller?
The fertilizer element that is commonly used to improve both the yield and crude protein content of hay is
What is Nitrogen?
The ________ is where the leaf blade of most plants attaches to the stem
What is petiole?
Native to eastern Canada. New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin state tree. Known for sap collected.
What is Sugar Maple?
The anther produces
What is pollen?
Aside from texture, another reason to touch plants is to release any distinguishing
What is fragrance?
Similar to wheat, ________ grass is a cool season grass that is harvested September-November
What is Rye Grass?
#1 crop export in Texas
What is Cotton?
Leaves with more than one color
What is variegated leaves?
The part of a flower stalk where the parts of the flower are attached
What is Receptacle?
The first word of a botanic name is the plant’s ______. The second word is technically called the ________ ________.
What is Genus, and Specific Epithet?
Also known as "coastal" or "tifton", ___________ grass makes up 8 to 10 million acres of permanent pasture in Texas
What is Bermuda grass?
List 5 of the top 10 crops produced in the US
What is corn, cotton, fruit, nuts, rice, soybeans, sugar, vegetables, pulses, wheat?