HS 201 Exam 2 NCSU Questions and
Answers 2026
Plant Function – answer Border
Hedge
Foundation plant
Horticultural specimen
Accent plant
Allée
Espalier
Topiary
Border - answer strip planting on the margin of a landscape design area
Hedge - answer living green fence (tall or short) mostly planted in rows
Foundation plant - answer plants placed next to buildings
Horticultural specimen - answer plant that because of its own attributes make it worth
planting
Accent plant - answerany plant that draws attention to a landscaped area because of its
aesthetic features
Allée - answerformal plants of trees that line a path/road with overlapping canopy
Espalier - answercreation of a plant along a wall or a flat surface
Topiary - answerpruning plant to make certain shapes
Types of hedge plants - answerBarrier
Screen
Barrier - answerdefensive hedge used to direct traffic or prevent entry
Screen - answertype of hedge used to eliminate an undesirable view (or noise) or add
privacy
Types of barrier plants - answerHolly
Barberry
OSU professor "walking on the hedges"- Lou Lanell
,Types of screen plants - answerEvergreen
Tall
Grow fast
Ex: Edinboro Botanical Gardens with beech trees
Considerations in choosing foundation plants - answerInsects
Root systems
How big
Examples of horticultural specimen - answerRhododendron
Deciduous yellow flowering dogwood
Example of accent plant - answerJapanese maple
Example of allée - answerOak alley plantation Louisiana
Party trick - answerpretend to be espalier
Plant selection criteria - answerAesthetics
Soil conditions
Maintenance requirements
Solar radiance
Availability and transplantability
Environmental stresses/adaptation
Invasive/weediness potential
Aesthetics - answerFlowers
Foliage
Fruit
Bark
Branching
Size
Form
Habit
Growth rate
Longevity
Soil conditions - answerpH range
Maintenance requirements - answerPruning
Watering
Pests
Fruit/flower/leaf drop
Solar radiance - answersun requirements
, Invasive/weediness potential - answerNative
Exotic
Native - answernatural range of species
Exotic - answerintroduced species
Caring for cut flowers - answerRemove all foliage from lower stems
Re-cut ALL stems
Use floral preservative correctly
Do not let water dry out
Do not place near heat source
Roses have prickles NOT thorns
6 basic plant parts - answerRoots
Stems
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Seeds
Root functions - answerAbsorption
Anchorage (not necessarily needed)
Accommodation (storage of energy aka glucose)
Examples that plants do not need soil to live - answerDisney: squash, zucchini,
cucumber on conveyor belt being doused with nutrient solution
Hydroponics: lettuce
Root types - answerPrimary root
Secondary root
Primary root - answerfirst root to emerge from the germinating seed
Secondary root - answerany root that grows from a primary and/or another secondary
root
Roots types - answerTuberous root
Adventitious root
Contractile roots
Aerial roots
Tuberous root - answerlarge and swollen secondary root
Adventitious root - answerroots that form on parts of the plant that do not normally form
roots such as leaves
Answers 2026
Plant Function – answer Border
Hedge
Foundation plant
Horticultural specimen
Accent plant
Allée
Espalier
Topiary
Border - answer strip planting on the margin of a landscape design area
Hedge - answer living green fence (tall or short) mostly planted in rows
Foundation plant - answer plants placed next to buildings
Horticultural specimen - answer plant that because of its own attributes make it worth
planting
Accent plant - answerany plant that draws attention to a landscaped area because of its
aesthetic features
Allée - answerformal plants of trees that line a path/road with overlapping canopy
Espalier - answercreation of a plant along a wall or a flat surface
Topiary - answerpruning plant to make certain shapes
Types of hedge plants - answerBarrier
Screen
Barrier - answerdefensive hedge used to direct traffic or prevent entry
Screen - answertype of hedge used to eliminate an undesirable view (or noise) or add
privacy
Types of barrier plants - answerHolly
Barberry
OSU professor "walking on the hedges"- Lou Lanell
,Types of screen plants - answerEvergreen
Tall
Grow fast
Ex: Edinboro Botanical Gardens with beech trees
Considerations in choosing foundation plants - answerInsects
Root systems
How big
Examples of horticultural specimen - answerRhododendron
Deciduous yellow flowering dogwood
Example of accent plant - answerJapanese maple
Example of allée - answerOak alley plantation Louisiana
Party trick - answerpretend to be espalier
Plant selection criteria - answerAesthetics
Soil conditions
Maintenance requirements
Solar radiance
Availability and transplantability
Environmental stresses/adaptation
Invasive/weediness potential
Aesthetics - answerFlowers
Foliage
Fruit
Bark
Branching
Size
Form
Habit
Growth rate
Longevity
Soil conditions - answerpH range
Maintenance requirements - answerPruning
Watering
Pests
Fruit/flower/leaf drop
Solar radiance - answersun requirements
, Invasive/weediness potential - answerNative
Exotic
Native - answernatural range of species
Exotic - answerintroduced species
Caring for cut flowers - answerRemove all foliage from lower stems
Re-cut ALL stems
Use floral preservative correctly
Do not let water dry out
Do not place near heat source
Roses have prickles NOT thorns
6 basic plant parts - answerRoots
Stems
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Seeds
Root functions - answerAbsorption
Anchorage (not necessarily needed)
Accommodation (storage of energy aka glucose)
Examples that plants do not need soil to live - answerDisney: squash, zucchini,
cucumber on conveyor belt being doused with nutrient solution
Hydroponics: lettuce
Root types - answerPrimary root
Secondary root
Primary root - answerfirst root to emerge from the germinating seed
Secondary root - answerany root that grows from a primary and/or another secondary
root
Roots types - answerTuberous root
Adventitious root
Contractile roots
Aerial roots
Tuberous root - answerlarge and swollen secondary root
Adventitious root - answerroots that form on parts of the plant that do not normally form
roots such as leaves
