Louisiana Landscape Horticulture A-M Exam
comprehensive questions and verified answers
ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TEST!! Graded A+ |
2025|2026 EXAM UPDATE
Save
Terms in this set (120)
Soil with a pH of less than 7.0. Agricultural lime is used
Acid Soil
to raise the pH and correct a very acid soil condition.
A land containing 43,560 square feet and measuring
Acre
approximately 210' x 210' square
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
Actual 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.
Produced on stem tissue after removal from the
Adventitious Root or mother plant. These tissues developed on cuttings are
Shoot identical to those found during seedling
development.
Soil with a pH of more than 7.0. The pH of Alkaline
soils are reduced by the application of iron sulfate,
Alkaline Soil
aluminum or large amounts of sawdust, peat moss, or
ground pine bark.
https://quizlet.com/1079514885/louisiana-landscape-horticulture-a-m-exam-comprehensive-questions-and-verified-answers-actual-exam-2025-test-gr… 1/11
, 9/20/25, 11:59 AM Louisiana Landscape Horticulture A-M Exam comprehensive questions and verified answers ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TEST!! Graded…
A plant living one year or less, usually planted in
spring after the last frost and dying at time of killing
Annual Plant
frost. During this time, the plant grows, blooms,
produces seeds and dies.
Anther The upper part of a stamen that produces pollen.
The suppression of growth of lateral buds by the
Apical Dominance
terminal bud of a stem.
An area devoted to the display of a variety of living
Arboretum
trees and shrubs for study and comparison.
Without sex; refers to reproduction not involving the
Asexual
fusion of gametes.
A plant hormone that influences and regulates plant
Auxin
growth.
Plant prepared for transplanting by digging them so
that the soil adjacent to the roots remains
Balled and Burlapped
undisturbed; the ball of earth is then wrapped in
burlap or similar mesh fabric.
In the winter or early spring, many varieties of
deciduous plants are sold with their roots bare.
Bare Root 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.
Refers to small plants sold in flats or packs. They many
Bedding Plants
be planted in beds, borders or wherever desired.
A plant that produces a rosette of leaves the first year
Biennial of its life, and sets flowers, fruit and seeds the second
year and then dies. Ex: beet carrot, sweet william.
A system of naming plants using two names. First
Binomal name is the genus and the second the species.
Botanical or scientific name.
https://quizlet.com/1079514885/louisiana-landscape-horticulture-a-m-exam-comprehensive-questions-and-verified-answers-actual-exam-2025-test-gr… 2/11