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