North Carolina Landscape Contractor
Exam Questions and Answers | 2026
Simplified Cheat Sheet | A+ Verified
• Acre . CORRECT ANSWER: A land area containing 43,560 square feet and
measuring approximately 210 x 210 feet square
• Adventitious Root or Shoot . CORRECT ANSWER: They are produced on stems
or roots after removal from the mother plant
• Anther . CORRECT ANSWER: the upper part of a stamen that produces pollen
• asexual . CORRECT ANSWER: without sex; refers to the reproduction or
propagation not involving the fusion of gametes
• biennial . CORRECT ANSWER: A plant that produces leaves and roots the first
year and flowers and fruit the second.
• Binomial . CORRECT ANSWER: a system of naming plants using 2 names:
First name is the genus and the second is the species
• Branch Bark Ridge . CORRECT ANSWER: A layer of Mustache-like bark
located on the upper side of a branch, in the branch union
• Branch Collar . CORRECT ANSWER: The wood at the branch base that turns
abruptly downward to wrap around trunk wood where a branch with a small aspect
ratio joins with a larger parent stem
, • Bud . CORRECT ANSWER: An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves (leaf
bud), one or more flowers or both leaves and flowers
• Bulb . CORRECT ANSWER: A bud consisting of a short, thick stem emitting
roots from below and bearing overlapping, scale like leafs
• Caliper . CORRECT ANSWER: diameter of a tree 4" or less measured 6" above
the ground
Greater than 4" is measured 12" above the ground
• Cambium . CORRECT ANSWER: layer of actively dividing cells between xylem
and phloem tissues that is responsible for the secondary growth of stems and roots
• Carbohydrate . CORRECT ANSWER: Any group of chemical compounds,
including sugars and starches, containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
• Chlorophyll . CORRECT ANSWER: Green pigment in plants that absorbs light
energy used to carry out photosynthesis
• Chlorosis . CORRECT ANSWER: A yellowing of the leaf. Frequently caused by
lack of iron
• Clone . CORRECT ANSWER: A group of plants derived from a single
individual by asexual plants
• Clump . CORRECT ANSWER: The plant crown or roots that are easily divided
or moved
Exam Questions and Answers | 2026
Simplified Cheat Sheet | A+ Verified
• Acre . CORRECT ANSWER: A land area containing 43,560 square feet and
measuring approximately 210 x 210 feet square
• Adventitious Root or Shoot . CORRECT ANSWER: They are produced on stems
or roots after removal from the mother plant
• Anther . CORRECT ANSWER: the upper part of a stamen that produces pollen
• asexual . CORRECT ANSWER: without sex; refers to the reproduction or
propagation not involving the fusion of gametes
• biennial . CORRECT ANSWER: A plant that produces leaves and roots the first
year and flowers and fruit the second.
• Binomial . CORRECT ANSWER: a system of naming plants using 2 names:
First name is the genus and the second is the species
• Branch Bark Ridge . CORRECT ANSWER: A layer of Mustache-like bark
located on the upper side of a branch, in the branch union
• Branch Collar . CORRECT ANSWER: The wood at the branch base that turns
abruptly downward to wrap around trunk wood where a branch with a small aspect
ratio joins with a larger parent stem
, • Bud . CORRECT ANSWER: An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves (leaf
bud), one or more flowers or both leaves and flowers
• Bulb . CORRECT ANSWER: A bud consisting of a short, thick stem emitting
roots from below and bearing overlapping, scale like leafs
• Caliper . CORRECT ANSWER: diameter of a tree 4" or less measured 6" above
the ground
Greater than 4" is measured 12" above the ground
• Cambium . CORRECT ANSWER: layer of actively dividing cells between xylem
and phloem tissues that is responsible for the secondary growth of stems and roots
• Carbohydrate . CORRECT ANSWER: Any group of chemical compounds,
including sugars and starches, containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
• Chlorophyll . CORRECT ANSWER: Green pigment in plants that absorbs light
energy used to carry out photosynthesis
• Chlorosis . CORRECT ANSWER: A yellowing of the leaf. Frequently caused by
lack of iron
• Clone . CORRECT ANSWER: A group of plants derived from a single
individual by asexual plants
• Clump . CORRECT ANSWER: The plant crown or roots that are easily divided
or moved
