Plant Classification

Question 1

Definition of a conifer

Answer 1

Mostly evergreen, woody with cones and naked seeds, perennials

Question 2

Definition of flowering plant

Answer 2

Evergreen and deciduous, herbaceous and woody, flowers and enclosed seeds, all life cycles.

Question 3

Definition of a shrub

Answer 3

Smaller than trees
Perennial with woody structure
Very short main stem or multiple stems from ground level

Question 4

2 examples of a shrub

Answer 4

Rhus typhina

Buxus sempervirens

Question 5

Definition of a tree

Answer 5

Woody perennial
Clean main stem or trunk with branches above
Broad leaved
Most are deciduous

Question 6

2 examples of a tree

Answer 6

Fagus sylvatica

Betula pendula

Question 7

Half hardy annual

Answer 7

Life cycle of a year. Survive temperatures down to -5 or sown under protection and planted out after all danger of frost is past.
EgCosmos bipinatus

Question 8

Hardy annual

Answer 8

Lives for one year. Can survive and withstand temperatures below -5 and frost.
E.g. lathyrus odoratus

Question 9

Tender perennial

Answer 9

Lives more than 2 years can’t urvive temperatures below 1 degree or frost
E.g. canna indica
Musa ornata