LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE
A-M Midterm Exam Questions and Answers
Latest Versions 2025 Graded A+
Acid Soil -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---A land containing 43,560 square feet and
measuring approximately 210' x 210' square
Actual -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---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.
Annual Plant -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---The upper part of a stamen that produces
pollen.
Apical Dominance -----Answers_---The suppression of growth of
lateral buds by the terminal bud of a stem.
Arboretum -----Answers_---An area devoted to the display of a
variety of living trees and shrubs for study and comparison.
Asexual -----Answers_---Without sex; refers to reproduction not
involving the fusion of gametes.
Auxin -----Answers_---A plant hormone that influences and regulates
plant growth.
Balled and Burlapped -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---Refers to small plants sold in flats or
packs. They many be planted in beds, borders or wherever desired.
, Biennial -----Answers_---A plant that produces a rosette of leaves the
first year of its life, and sets flowers, fruit and seeds the second year
and then dies. Ex: beet carrot, sweet william.
Binomal -----Answers_---A system of naming plants using two
names. First name is the genus and the second the species. Botanical
or scientific name.
Biodegradable -----Answers_---Any material than can be readily
decomposed in the soil by the action of each microorganisms as
bacteria and fungi.
Bolting -----Answers_---The production of a seed stalk by vegetative
plants such as ornamental cabbage, spinach, lettuce or radish. Bolting
by vegetable crops is undesirable. Bolting usually occurs when days
are long and temperatures are warm.
Broadcasting -----Answers_---Scattering a material such as fertilizer
or seed evenly over a soil surface.
Bud -----Answers_---An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves,
one or more flowers or both leaves and flowers.
Bulb -----Answers_---A bud, usually subterranean, consisting of a
short, thick stem emitting roots from below and bearing overlapping,
scalelike leaves.
A-M Midterm Exam Questions and Answers
Latest Versions 2025 Graded A+
Acid Soil -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---A land containing 43,560 square feet and
measuring approximately 210' x 210' square
Actual -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---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.
Annual Plant -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---The upper part of a stamen that produces
pollen.
Apical Dominance -----Answers_---The suppression of growth of
lateral buds by the terminal bud of a stem.
Arboretum -----Answers_---An area devoted to the display of a
variety of living trees and shrubs for study and comparison.
Asexual -----Answers_---Without sex; refers to reproduction not
involving the fusion of gametes.
Auxin -----Answers_---A plant hormone that influences and regulates
plant growth.
Balled and Burlapped -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---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 -----Answers_---Refers to small plants sold in flats or
packs. They many be planted in beds, borders or wherever desired.
, Biennial -----Answers_---A plant that produces a rosette of leaves the
first year of its life, and sets flowers, fruit and seeds the second year
and then dies. Ex: beet carrot, sweet william.
Binomal -----Answers_---A system of naming plants using two
names. First name is the genus and the second the species. Botanical
or scientific name.
Biodegradable -----Answers_---Any material than can be readily
decomposed in the soil by the action of each microorganisms as
bacteria and fungi.
Bolting -----Answers_---The production of a seed stalk by vegetative
plants such as ornamental cabbage, spinach, lettuce or radish. Bolting
by vegetable crops is undesirable. Bolting usually occurs when days
are long and temperatures are warm.
Broadcasting -----Answers_---Scattering a material such as fertilizer
or seed evenly over a soil surface.
Bud -----Answers_---An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves,
one or more flowers or both leaves and flowers.
Bulb -----Answers_---A bud, usually subterranean, consisting of a
short, thick stem emitting roots from below and bearing overlapping,
scalelike leaves.
