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horticulturist T or F - answer False
Woody ornamentals in the landscape are becoming more important because - answer
Land costs are high, people want more privacy for themselves, woody plants are used
to shade homes for climate control
Comparing woody ornamental with turf, we find response time is much
____________________ in woody plants - answers lower
plant diversity in the landscape means you must be able to identify a number of plants
and their problems. This number would be around - answer10-20
A major problem that results in plant decline in the landscape is due to - answer cultural
The most obvious problems on woody ornamentals are often (but not always) the least
damaging T or F - answer True
Response or rejection time on woody ornamentals is associated with - answer Reserve
energy levels
A local contact in your area that can help in the woody ornamental area is - answer
County extension, garden center, farm advisor, city forester
Education is an ongoing process but learning is something that can only de done by -
answer Yourself
Leaves of a plant are often referred to as - answerManufacturing area, kitchen, factory
The key component in leaves that makes them so important to life on earth is -
answerchlorophyll
Leaves transform the sun's energy into plant energy represented by the formula -
answerC6H1206
Respiration is a process in living cells that keeps them functioning and uses sugar and
oxygen as fuel T or F - answerTrue
Stored energy in a plant is often in the form of - answerStarch and sugar
, Night temperatures that exceed certain levels can be harmful to a plant if they exist for a
sustained length of time. This is because - answerTemperatures increase the speed of
chemical reactions, more sugar or energy is used than produced, respiration continues
day and night
Insects that feed on the foliage may be most damaging if they - answerhave multiple
generations during a single growing season
Defoliation of a plant by a disease will often have the same effect as insect defoliation T
or F - answerTrue
Mechanical damage to leaf tissue may be caused by - answerInsects, hail & wind
The main function of bark on a trunk is - answerto protect the inner tissue
A group of cells located just below the bark that are involved with the downward
transport - answerPhloem
The cells in question 20 form from a layer of cells generally called - answercambium
The inner tissue that is referred to as wood is part of the transport system that carries
water and and minerals to the leaves is called - answerxylem
The inner tissue of a tree can be useful to determine - answerthe age of the tree, past
weather, injury to the tree
Lightning injury to a tree often damages the vascular cambium. This may be apparent
by - answerExploded bark, damage the following year, a single streak on the trunk
Many boring insects can be found in woody trees. However, they are there because the
tree is most likely - answerin stress, has been damaged
Vascular diseases kill plants by affecting the xylem tissue that is - answerplugged, killed
by toxic compounds
Roots are very dependent on __________for survival - answerwater, minerals, sugar,
oxygen
Excess water in an area may be associated with - answerpoor drainage, excess surface
runoff to a gathering point, unusual weather patterns
Water levels in a wooded area can be mostly affected by - answersewer lines
Some of the more toxic herbicides to tree roots are known as - answersoil sterilant
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