Hort 201 Exam 1 NCSU Questions and Answers

Hort 201 Exam 1 NCSU Questions and Answers Hortus Garden Colere/Culturae to cultivate What makes a plant horticultural? highly perishable, high in water, used primarily in living state Hort. vs. Botany how to grow plants vs. how plants grow Olericulture study of the cultivation of vegetables Pomology study of the cultivation of fruit Post Harvest Physiology study of extending the keeping quality (shelf life) of horticultural products Viticulture cultivation of grapes Enology study of wine and the making of wine (NOT viticulture) Hampton Court Palace "The Vine" greenhouse inside, Brian ate grapes off the vine Floriculture growth and study of flowers, poinsettia #1 potted plant sold Greenhouse Management study and growth of plants in a greenhouse environment Turfgrass Management growth and study of turfgrass; 2 main industries: golf/sports, landscapes Nursery Management outdoor growth and study of plants produced for use in landscapes Landscape Horticulture designing spaces with plants (makes spaces enjoyable) Owner of Biltmore George Washington Vanderbilt Building architect for Biltmore Richard Morris Hunt Biltmore Landscape Architect Fredrick Law Olmstead Interiorscaping the use of design to place and care for indoor plants Horticultural Therapy using plants as a horticultural tool Arboriculture growth and study of trees Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature science of naming and classifying plants, based on reproductive similarities North vs. South shady vs. more sun Tracheophyta "higher" plants with roots, stems, and leaves that can conduct water, nutrients, and photosynthetic products through the plant Gymnospermae DO NOT PRODUCE FLOWERS OR FRUIT - naked seed (cycads, gingko, conifer) Angiospermae fruit bearing plants Filicinae ferns!!! spores as reproductive structures Monocotyledonae only one cotyledon (seed leaf) ex.: grasses, palms, lilies, iris, orchids, flower parts in multiples of 3 Dicotyledonae two cotyledons, flower parts in multiple of 4 or 5, ex.: deciduous trees, shrubs, fruit trees Roseaceae roses, apples, pears, strawberry Family a group of closely related genera based on a certain plant structures or on their biochemistry