Louisiana environmental horticulture industry exam study guide questions with precise detailed answers

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guide questions with precise detailed answers
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A Nursery Sales person must be able to... - correct answer✔✔Identify plants by common
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and scientific, Latin, or botanical names.
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When do you consider the confusion of the common name "cedar" ? - correct
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answer✔✔When its applied to plants that include: arborvitae, cedar, cypress, false cypress, || || || || || || || || || || || ||




and junipers ||




The American joint committee on horticultural nomenclature has adopted what? - correct
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answer✔✔Standardized plant names, a dictionary of plant names || || || || || || ||




The scientific name of the plant is made up of... - correct answer✔✔The plant's GENUS and
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SPECIES
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No plant has more than ____ scientific name, although it may have common names -
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correct answer✔✔One ||




Genus names are always... - correct answer✔✔CAPITALIZED
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Species names are generally... - correct answer✔✔NOT capitalized
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Giving plants a genus and species name is credited to... - correct answer✔✔Linnaeus a
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Swedish botanist ||

, THe system of naming plants is called ... - correct answer✔✔The binomial system of
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nomenclature



The binomial system of nomenclature is in what language? - correct answer✔✔Latin
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The Genus indicates a group of... - correct answer✔✔Closely related plants
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Plants within the genus are divided into subgroups called... - correct answer✔✔Species
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A naturally occurring subgroup within a species may be different enough in appearance
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from the remaining members of the species to be called a... - correct answer✔✔Botanical
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variety



The international code of nomenclature for cultivated plants recognizes a special category
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called... - correct answer✔✔The cultivar or the cultivated variety, this group designates a
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special group of individuals, agriculture,forestry, or horticulture.
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Some states require that all non-herbaceous ornamental plants be... - correct
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answer✔✔Properly labeled ||




Botanical names serve the customer mainly as... - correct answer✔✔A protection ( that he
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is getting the correct plant)
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Customers are interested in plants because of - correct answer✔✔Color, sun/shade
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tolerance, fragrance, size, and other characteristics. || || || || ||




Salespeople in wholesale or retail nurseries should make what the top priority ? - correct
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answer✔✔THE CUSTOMERS INTEREST || ||