Louisiana Landscape Horticulture A-
M Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Acid Soil - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Soil with a pH of less than 7.0. Agricultural lime is used to raise
the pH and correct a very acid soil condition.
Acre - Correct Answer✔️✔️-A land containing 43,560 square feet and measuring approximately
210' x 210' square
Actual - Correct Answer✔️✔️-The part of the formula of any product, containing several
ingredients, which refers to a specific ingredient. For example, a 5-pound box of a general purpose
plant food (10-10-10) would have 10% nitrogen, 10% phosphate and 10% potassium. 10% of 5lbs is
1/2lb . Therefore, the actual content of the three major ingredients in the mixture is 1/2 lb each.
Adventitious Root or Shoot - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Produced on stem tissue after removal from
the mother plant. These tissues developed on cuttings are identical to those found during seedling
development.
Alkaline Soil - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Soil with a pH of more than 7.0. The pH of Alkaline soils are
reduced by the application of iron sulfate, aluminum or large amounts of sawdust, peat moss, or
ground pine bark.
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, Annual Plant - Correct Answer✔️✔️-A plant living one year or less, usually planted in spring after
the last frost and dying at time of killing frost. During this time, the plant grows, blooms, produces
seeds and dies.
Anther - Correct Answer✔️✔️-The upper part of a stamen that produces pollen.
Apical Dominance - Correct Answer✔️✔️-The suppression of growth of lateral buds by the
terminal bud of a stem.
Arboretum - Correct Answer✔️✔️-An area devoted to the display of a variety of living trees and
shrubs for study and comparison.
Asexual - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Without sex; refers to reproduction not involving the fusion of
gametes.
Auxin - Correct Answer✔️✔️-A plant hormone that influences and regulates plant growth.
Balled and Burlapped - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Plant prepared for transplanting by digging them so
that the soil adjacent to the roots remains undisturbed; the ball of earth is then wrapped in burlap or
similar mesh fabric.
Bare Root - Correct Answer✔️✔️-In the winter or early spring, many varieties of deciduous plants
are sold with their roots bare. Dormant plants dug from the soil have their roots cleaned and
trimmed, and are prevented from drying out until the time they should be planted.
Bedding Plants - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Refers to small plants sold in flats or packs. They many be
planted in beds, borders or wherever desired.
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M Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Acid Soil - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Soil with a pH of less than 7.0. Agricultural lime is used to raise
the pH and correct a very acid soil condition.
Acre - Correct Answer✔️✔️-A land containing 43,560 square feet and measuring approximately
210' x 210' square
Actual - Correct Answer✔️✔️-The part of the formula of any product, containing several
ingredients, which refers to a specific ingredient. For example, a 5-pound box of a general purpose
plant food (10-10-10) would have 10% nitrogen, 10% phosphate and 10% potassium. 10% of 5lbs is
1/2lb . Therefore, the actual content of the three major ingredients in the mixture is 1/2 lb each.
Adventitious Root or Shoot - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Produced on stem tissue after removal from
the mother plant. These tissues developed on cuttings are identical to those found during seedling
development.
Alkaline Soil - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Soil with a pH of more than 7.0. The pH of Alkaline soils are
reduced by the application of iron sulfate, aluminum or large amounts of sawdust, peat moss, or
ground pine bark.
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, Annual Plant - Correct Answer✔️✔️-A plant living one year or less, usually planted in spring after
the last frost and dying at time of killing frost. During this time, the plant grows, blooms, produces
seeds and dies.
Anther - Correct Answer✔️✔️-The upper part of a stamen that produces pollen.
Apical Dominance - Correct Answer✔️✔️-The suppression of growth of lateral buds by the
terminal bud of a stem.
Arboretum - Correct Answer✔️✔️-An area devoted to the display of a variety of living trees and
shrubs for study and comparison.
Asexual - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Without sex; refers to reproduction not involving the fusion of
gametes.
Auxin - Correct Answer✔️✔️-A plant hormone that influences and regulates plant growth.
Balled and Burlapped - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Plant prepared for transplanting by digging them so
that the soil adjacent to the roots remains undisturbed; the ball of earth is then wrapped in burlap or
similar mesh fabric.
Bare Root - Correct Answer✔️✔️-In the winter or early spring, many varieties of deciduous plants
are sold with their roots bare. Dormant plants dug from the soil have their roots cleaned and
trimmed, and are prevented from drying out until the time they should be planted.
Bedding Plants - Correct Answer✔️✔️-Refers to small plants sold in flats or packs. They many be
planted in beds, borders or wherever desired.
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