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17 Cards in this Set
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Excurrent (Conifer) refers to trees that
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have a single leader and tend to be cone shaped
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Leaves separate from a branch at a zone of cells known as the
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abscission zone
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Which of the following does not have an opposite leaf arrangement
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oaks (Quercus)
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Monoecious plants have
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Both male and female flowers on the same plant.
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The arrangement whereby MORE than two buds are located at the same node is described
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whorled
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The female portion of a flower is the
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pistil
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The correctly written name for black or river birch is
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Betula niora
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Sexual reproduction in a tree requires
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pollen and female receptacles
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Douglas fir/(Pseudotsuga mensiesii) and mountain ash/(Sorbus) are two examples of
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how common names can be misleading
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Dioecious trees have
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male and female flowers on separate plants
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The arrangement whereby MORE THAN two buds are located at the same node is described
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whorled
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A simple leaf has
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one blade, one petiole and one bud.
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The section of a shoot between the attachment of two alternate leaves is called the
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internode.
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A tree that has a fastigate (up) growth habit is
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columnar
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If a tree's foliage is described as serrate, the leaves
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have "teeth" pointing forward.
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An important reason to learn scientific names of trees is that
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a. Each tree has a unique scientific name
b. one tree may have serveral common names c. two different trees may have the same common name d. all of the above |
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A deciduous tree is described as
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shedding foliage as it goes dormant for the winter
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