Plant Grab Bag
These types of trees are characterized by having flat and wide leaves
What are broadleaf trees?
These types of trees are characterized by a central leader and a triangular shape
What is excurrent?
A tree with fan-shaped leaves and brilliant fall color
What is Ginkgo?
THe very edge of a leaf
What is the leaf margin?
The most general form of plant classification
What is Kingdom?
These leaves are characterized by one leaf in one piece
What are simple leaves?
This terms refers to trees that produce seeds in flowers
What are angiosperms?
A tree with bright red fall color and small fruits that turn black in the winter
Blackgum
The line that runs down the center of a leaf
What is the midrib?
The most specific plant classification
What is Species?
For deciduous trees, all fall leaves start out as what color?
What is yellow?
The gymnosperms produce seeds in these structures
What are cones?
A tree that is known for it's attractive shaggy bark
What is Shagbark Hickory?
The lines that run perpendicular to the line running down the center of the leaf
What are leaf veins?
The first portion of the specific epithet
What is Genus?
This term refers to a NATURAL variation in a plant species
What is variety?
Trees that are classified as angiosperms produce this type of wood
What is hardwood?
A tree characterized by smooth bark, waxy green leaves, and spiny fruit
What is American Beech?
The terms that refers to the entire flat portion of the leaf
What is the lamina?
This level of classification ends with "-aceae"
What is family?
This term refers to a plant produced and maintained by horticulturist and does NOT produce true-to-seed on its own
What is a cultivar?
This type of leaf arrangement includes more than two leaves per node
What is whorled leaf arrangement?
A genus of trees that are known for "knobby knees" in very wet areas
What are Cypress trees?
The small stem that extends from the leaf
What is the petiole?
This level of classification ends with "-ales"
What is Order?