Hawaii Landscape Architect Plant Materials Exam
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Which one(s) of the followings are true about sycamore? -
Answer-simple leaves
fruit is a syncarp of achenes
fruits often remain on the tree through winter
bark Mostly smooth, flaking off and exposing the grayish to
cream-colored inner bark which gradually becomes whitish
and produces the impressive mottled appearance.
Fraxinus fruit is a 1-seeded samara with a flattened, thin
wing. - Answer-true
Green ash buds set above the leaf scar; leaf scars not
notched; vascular bundles forming closed "C" shape.
White ash buds inset in the leaf scar; leaf scars U-shaped
with deep to shallow notch; vascular bundles forming open
"C" shape. - Answer-true
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Which of the following are the typical characteristics of
Koelreuteria paniculata: - Answer-yellow flowers
papery, 3-valves capsules, Chinese lantern like fruit
Elm leaves are unequal rounded at the base. - Answer-
true
Sugar Hackberry often has raised, corky warts on the
bark. - Answer-true
Taxodium distichum develops "cypress knees" when
grown in or near water. - Answer-true
A species which bares male and female flowers on
separate plants is: - Answer-dioecious
Plant(s) that we covered with dioecious sexual expression
are: - Answer-Ginkgo biloba
Which one(s) of the followings are true about Firmiana
simplex? - Answer-simple leaves, palmately lobed
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fruit opening before it is ripe, becoming leaflike, pea-sized
seeds on the margins
stems and bark on young trees are smooth, gray-green
This species was once extensively used as a street and
lawn tree. But Dutch elm disease killed many of the trees.
- Answer-Ulmus americana
Oak leaves are simple, alternate, fruit is an ovate or
rounded nut (acorn) - Answer-true
Carolus Linnaeus invented the modern system of binomial
nomenclature. - Answer-true
Which one of the following plant groups produces "naked
seeds"? - Answer-gymnosperms
Which one of these zones indicates that a plant is the
MOST COLD HARDY? - Answer-the lower the number
Plant morphology is the study of the physical form and
external structure of plants. Plant morphology is important
in the visual identification of plants. - Answer-true