LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE STATE
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ Acre. Answer: A land containing 43,560 square feet and measuring
approximately 210' x 210' square
◉ Actual. Answer: The part of the formula of any product, containing
several ingredients, which refers to a specific ingredient. For example, a
5-pound box of a general purpose plant food (10-10-10) would have
10% nitrogen, 10% phosphate and 10% potassium. 10% of 5lbs is 1/2lb .
Therefore, the actual content of the three major ingredients in the
mixture is 1/2 lb each.
◉ Adventitious Root or Shoot. Answer: Produced on stem tissue after
removal from the mother plant. These tissues developed on cuttings are
identical to those found during seedling development.
◉ Alkaline Soil. Answer: Soil with a pH of more than 7.0. The pH of
Alkaline soils are reduced by the application of iron sulfate, aluminum
or large amounts of sawdust, peat moss, or ground pine bark.
,◉ Annual Plant. Answer: A plant living one year or less, usually planted
in spring after the last frost and dying at time of killing frost. During this
time, the plant grows, blooms, produces seeds and dies.
◉ Anther. Answer: The upper part of a stamen that produces pollen.
◉ Apical Dominance. Answer: The suppression of growth of lateral
buds by the terminal bud of a stem.
◉ Arboretum. Answer: An area devoted to the display of a variety of
living trees and shrubs for study and comparison.
◉ Asexual. Answer: Without sex; refers to reproduction not involving
the fusion of gametes.
◉ Auxin. Answer: A plant hormone that influences and regulates plant
growth.
◉ Balled and Burlapped. Answer: Plant prepared for transplanting by
digging them so that the soil adjacent to the roots remains undisturbed;
the ball of earth is then wrapped in burlap or similar mesh fabric.
◉ Bare Root. Answer: In the winter or early spring, many varieties of
deciduous plants are sold with their roots bare. Dormant plants dug from
, the soil have their roots cleaned and trimmed, and are prevented from
drying out until the time they should be planted.
◉ Bedding Plants. Answer: Refers to small plants sold in flats or packs.
They many be planted in beds, borders or wherever desired.
◉ Biennial. Answer: A plant that produces a rosette of leaves the first
year of its life, and sets flowers, fruit and seeds the second year and then
dies. Ex: beet carrot, sweet william.
◉ Binomal. Answer: A system of naming plants using two names. First
name is the genus and the second the species. Botanical or scientific
name.
◉ Biodegradable. Answer: Any material than can be readily
decomposed in the soil by the action of each microorganisms as bacteria
and fungi.
◉ Bolting. Answer: The production of a seed stalk by vegetative plants
such as ornamental cabbage, spinach, lettuce or radish. Bolting by
vegetable crops is undesirable. Bolting usually occurs when days are
long and temperatures are warm.
◉ Broadcasting. Answer: Scattering a material such as fertilizer or seed
evenly over a soil surface.
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ Acre. Answer: A land containing 43,560 square feet and measuring
approximately 210' x 210' square
◉ Actual. Answer: The part of the formula of any product, containing
several ingredients, which refers to a specific ingredient. For example, a
5-pound box of a general purpose plant food (10-10-10) would have
10% nitrogen, 10% phosphate and 10% potassium. 10% of 5lbs is 1/2lb .
Therefore, the actual content of the three major ingredients in the
mixture is 1/2 lb each.
◉ Adventitious Root or Shoot. Answer: Produced on stem tissue after
removal from the mother plant. These tissues developed on cuttings are
identical to those found during seedling development.
◉ Alkaline Soil. Answer: Soil with a pH of more than 7.0. The pH of
Alkaline soils are reduced by the application of iron sulfate, aluminum
or large amounts of sawdust, peat moss, or ground pine bark.
,◉ Annual Plant. Answer: A plant living one year or less, usually planted
in spring after the last frost and dying at time of killing frost. During this
time, the plant grows, blooms, produces seeds and dies.
◉ Anther. Answer: The upper part of a stamen that produces pollen.
◉ Apical Dominance. Answer: The suppression of growth of lateral
buds by the terminal bud of a stem.
◉ Arboretum. Answer: An area devoted to the display of a variety of
living trees and shrubs for study and comparison.
◉ Asexual. Answer: Without sex; refers to reproduction not involving
the fusion of gametes.
◉ Auxin. Answer: A plant hormone that influences and regulates plant
growth.
◉ Balled and Burlapped. Answer: Plant prepared for transplanting by
digging them so that the soil adjacent to the roots remains undisturbed;
the ball of earth is then wrapped in burlap or similar mesh fabric.
◉ Bare Root. Answer: In the winter or early spring, many varieties of
deciduous plants are sold with their roots bare. Dormant plants dug from
, the soil have their roots cleaned and trimmed, and are prevented from
drying out until the time they should be planted.
◉ Bedding Plants. Answer: Refers to small plants sold in flats or packs.
They many be planted in beds, borders or wherever desired.
◉ Biennial. Answer: A plant that produces a rosette of leaves the first
year of its life, and sets flowers, fruit and seeds the second year and then
dies. Ex: beet carrot, sweet william.
◉ Binomal. Answer: A system of naming plants using two names. First
name is the genus and the second the species. Botanical or scientific
name.
◉ Biodegradable. Answer: Any material than can be readily
decomposed in the soil by the action of each microorganisms as bacteria
and fungi.
◉ Bolting. Answer: The production of a seed stalk by vegetative plants
such as ornamental cabbage, spinach, lettuce or radish. Bolting by
vegetable crops is undesirable. Bolting usually occurs when days are
long and temperatures are warm.
◉ Broadcasting. Answer: Scattering a material such as fertilizer or seed
evenly over a soil surface.
