🪻Flowers🌷
Name a spring bulb-plant
Tulip, Daffodil, Snowdrops, Crocus, Hyacinths, Alliums, Anemones, Fritillaria, Too many I can count...
The common name for Acer Rubrum is...
Red Maple!🍁
What type of tree has needles and pine cones?
Pine trees
What is the process by which plants use sunlight to create nutrients from H20 and CO2?
Photosynthesis
What is the NC State Flower?
Dogwood
What structure anchors a plant to the ground?
Roots
What is the common name of Quercus?
Oak
Soil... Duh
What is the study/practice of ornamental plants called?
Floriculture
What is a plant called that loses its leaves and gains its leaves back every year?
Deciduous
To determine the age of a tree without cutting it down, foresters use a tool called an increment borer to count these.
What are annual rings?
What geographic regions of NC practice horticulture?
Piedmont, Mountains, Coast
What is the sperm of the flower?
Pollen!!
What is a plant called that stays green ALL year?
Evergreen
What pine tree has needles 3-5 inches long?
Shortleaf Pine
Chlorophyll
Spider Plant
What separates a tree from a shrub?
Thick, woody trunks, >12ft of taller, less bushy growth.
In forestry, a way to remember what trees are opposite is the acronym M.A.D., which stands for...
Maple, Ash, Dogwood
What three primary nutrients are used in fertilizers?
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium